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Dictionary - results for formerly

SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
qián- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 293)
- former
- formerly
xiàng- towards
- to face
- to turn towards
- direction
- to support
- to side with
- shortly before
- formerly
- always
- all along
xiàng- variant of [xiang4]
- direction
- orientation
- to face
- to turn toward
- to
- towards
- shortly before
- formerly
qián- before
- formerly
- previous
- ago
wǎng- in the past
- formerly
yuánlái- original
- former
- originally
- formerly
- at first
- so, actually, as it turns out
zàixiān- to come first
- previous
- prior
- beforehand
- first
- formerly
zàiqián- ahead
- formerly
- in the past
宿宿- formerly
- in the past
cóngqián- previously
- formerly
- once upon a time
- formerly
- in olden days
jiùqián- in the past
- formerly
- formerly used for the chemical elements americium |[mei2] and osmium |[e2]
wǎngcháng- habitually (in the past)
- as one used to do formerly
- as it used to be
Qīnnài- Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米爾納德邦|泰米尔纳德邦[Tai4 mi3 er3 Na4 de2 bang1]
- formerly called Madras 馬德拉斯|马德拉斯[Ma3 de2 la1 si1]
shuǐ- the Wu river in Hunan and Guangdong
- formerly Shuang river 瀧水|泷水
- Wu river in Hunan and Guangdong
- formerly Shuang river 瀧水|泷水
zhōu- Fuzhou prefecture level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
- formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
Zhōushān- Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)
- formerly Dinghai 定海
Nèi- Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw, jungle capital of Myanmar (Burma) since November 2005, 300 km north of Rangoon and 300 km south of Mandalay
- formerly called Pyinmana 彬馬那|彬马那
Fángměi- Freddie Mac, US mortgage company
- formerly Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
zhōushì- Fuzhou prefecture level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
- formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
Zhōushānshì- Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)
- formerly Dinghai 定海
Bāochánshān- Mt Baochan in Anhui
- formerly known as Mt Hua 華山|华山
Ā- Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
- formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
Léizhá- Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake
- formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
Xiāng- Shangri-La (mythical location)
- Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan
- formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
Jiāníng- Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
- formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
bāng- Karnataka, southwest Indian state, capital Bangalore 班加羅爾|班加罗尔[Ban1 jia1 luo2 er3]
- formerly Mysore
Tàiěr- Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4]
- formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦|马德拉斯邦[Ma3 de2 la1 si1 bang1]
Xiāngxiàn- Shangri-La county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan
- formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhong1 dian4] in Tibetan province of Kham
Tàiěrbāng- Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[Qin1 nai4]
- formerly Madras state 馬德拉斯邦|马德拉斯邦[Ma3 de2 la1 si1 bang1]
Níngěrzhìxiàn- Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan, capital Pu'er city 普洱市[Pu3 er3 shi4]
- formerly Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county

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