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12/1/2020, 2:04 PM HL

Name Chengdu
Type Settlement
Usage Chinese
Scripts 成都(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. CHUNG-TOO
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Meaning & History

From Chinese 成 (chéng) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" and 都 (dū) meaning "capital city, large city", supposedly named during the city's founding by the ninth king of the Kaiming dyntasty of the ancient state of Shu. This is the name of the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan.
Added 12/1/2020 by HL