Jiandu

Meaning

Proper Noun

A former name of Xichang, a city of southern Sichuan, China.

Origin

From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 建都, literally "Establishing Prosperity" but probably a Chinese transcription of the local placename or its inhabitants.

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