English Explanatory Dictionary

JI

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of John Innes, a generic range of horticultural composts.
name
  1. Initialism of Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamist militant organization based in Indonesia.
  2. Abbreviation of East Java: a province of Indonesia.
name
  1. An ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing.
  2. The state which it ruled.
  3. Synonym of Yan, a neighboring state that conquered Ji and then used its capital.
  4. A former county now within Beijing, China.
name
  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.

Pronunciation

/dʒi/

Word forms

JI

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 薊 /蓟 (Jì), literally thistle or thistles.

Synonyms

Jicheng Shangdu Youzhou Guangyang Yan
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