Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of eastern China northwest of Shanghai on the northern bank of the Yangtze River estuary.
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- noun A
prefecture -level city inJiangsu Province,China
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Examples
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Zuma Press A copper-products plant in Nantong, China: The metal bounced back from recent lows.
It's Not the End of the World as We Know It Dave Kansas 2011
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Imaginechina/Zuma Press A Chinese factory worker monitors the production of coiled copper tubes at a copper products plant in Nantong city.
Warning Signs for Copper Market Carolyn Cui 2011
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Zuma Press A Chinese worker hoists coils of copper tubes at a copper products plant in Nantong city, Jiangsu province, China.
Commodities Gain As Fears Over Japan Ease Jerry A. DiColo 2011
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Aecom: The Sutong Bridge, the world's longest cable-stayed bridge, which connects Suzhou and Nantong, China, across the Yangtze River
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Chinese factory workers manufacture solar-power panels at a plant in Nantong, in Jiangsu province.
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Chinese factory workers manufacture solar-power panels at a plant in Nantong, in Jiangsu province.
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Gold bracelets are displayed at a shop in Nantong, China, last month.
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In spring 1979, Willow participated in her first archaeological field investigation with her classmates in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, along the north bank of the Yangtze River.
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But the top story in some Chinese newspapers was the completion of two more than 30-km long bridges: one linking Nantong and Shanghai, and the other spanning the Hangzhou Bay.
The Beleaguered Torch, Now With Nazi Origins - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Our previously announced flake and tow expansion at our China venture in Nantong remains on track for startup in the later part of next year.
unknown title 2011
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