Anju

See also: anju, ānjū, and ànjù

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Korean 안주(安州) (Anju).

Proper noun

Anju

1. A city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea.
   • [1904 March 18 [1904 March 16], “Russian Driven Back from An-ju”, in The New York Times‎^[1], volume LIII, number 16,912, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 7‎^[2]:

     The Japanese are now holding An-ju and the line of the Ching-chong River.]

   • [1904 March 18 [1904 March 17], The New York Times‎^[3], volume LIII, number 16,912, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1‎^[4]:

     The Russian and Japanese scouts are separated only by the Ching-chong River, just north of An-ju.]

   • 1904 March 22, “Russia's Lines Falling Back to the Yalu”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch‎^[5], volume 56, number 214, St. Louis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

     NOTE.—Anju is on the great highroad which runs the length of Corea, chiefly near the west coast, and is 50 miles north of Ping-Yang and southeast of Wiju, on the Yalu river. The Ching-Chong river is the northernmost large stream in Corea at the west side of the peninsula, flowing parallel with the Yalu and about 70 miles from it. Just south of the river and parallel with it runs a high mountain range from the west coast to the center of the peninsula, with only one good pass through it, at Souk-Chyon, by which passage is made between Anju and Ping-Yang. These conditions make the line of the Ching-Chong a particularly strong one strategically, and may serve as the first great line of Japanese operations in Corea.

   • 1904 March 23 [1904 March 22], Viceroy Alexieff, quotee, “Waiting for the First Collision in the Yalu Region”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch‎^[6], volume 56, number 215, St. Louis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

     The following dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff, dated Mukden, March 22:
     “Gen. Mitchenkow reports that on March 17 our scouts approached Anju and observed on the left bank of the Ching Chong river, opposite Anju, retrenchments made by the enemy.

   • 2022 August 18, KIM TONG-HYUNG, “North Korea dismisses Seoul’s aid-for-disarmament offer”, in AP News‎^[7], archived from the original on August 19, 2022‎^[8]:

     Kim Yo Jong in her column said the weapons were actually fired from a bridge in the inland city of Anju, and ridiculed South Korean and U.S. military capacities to monitor North Korean missile activity.

Translations

city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安州 (zh) (Ānzhōu)

• Korean: 안주(安州) (ko) (Anju)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 安居 (Ānjū).

Proper noun

Anju

1. A district of Suining, Sichuan, China.
   • 2006 August 22, Bill Savadove, “Rainfall brings only brief respite to drought-hit regions”, in South China Morning Post‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on July 24, 2024‎^[10]:

     'This is the worst drought I've ever experienced,' said Nie Zhongchang, a 61-year-old peasant in Anju district, Suining , one of the worst-hit cities in Sichuan. 'All the paddies have dried up.'

   • 2012, chapter 10, in The Strength of Democracy: How will the CPC march ahead‎^[11], China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 264:

     On June 3, 2011, in Buyun Town (Anju District, Suining, Sichuan), four candidates for secretary of the township Party committee were elected by more than 150 representatives of Party members, people and village officials graduated from universities and colleges through secret ballot.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安居 (Ānjū)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Portuguese

Proper noun

Anju m

1. Alternative spelling of Anjou