Jiangsu
[ jyahng-sy ]
/ ˈdʒyɑŋˈsü /
noun Pinyin.
a maritime province in E China. 40,927 sq. mi. (106,001 sq. km). Capital: Nanjing.
Also
Kiangsu.
Example sentences from the Web for jiangsu
Lu, a 31-year-old civil servant, is the son of a high-ranking police official in the city of Jingjiang in Jiangsu province.
She was born in the nondescript city of Xuzhou in coastal Jiangsu province in China in 1968.
He was born in Jiangsu Province and worked as an editor and reporter for several publications in Shanghai and Beijing.
British Dictionary definitions for jiangsu
Jiangsu
Kiangsu
/ (ˈdʒjæŋˈsuː) /
noun
a province of E China, on the Yellow Sea: consists mostly of the marshy delta of the Yangtze River, with some of China's largest cities and most densely populated areas. Capital: Nanjing. Pop: 74 060 000 (2003 est). Area: 102 200 sq km (39 860 sq miles)