Chang-chia-k'ou

English

Map including CHANG-CHIA-K'OU (KALGAN) (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 張家口／张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chang¹-chia¹-kʻou³.

Pronunciation

• enPR: chängʹjē-äʹkouʹ

Proper noun

Chang-chia-k'ou

1. Alternative form of Zhangjiakou
   • 1904, C. D. Tenney, Geography of Asia‎^[1], New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 6:

     Kalgan or Chang-chia-k’ou (張家口) is in the north-western corner of the province just inside the Great Wall, at the beginning of the camel route across the desert to Siberia.

   • 1978, Hsia Chih-yen, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking‎^[2], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 160:

     "In a little while," Chia whispered to him, "we will pull into Chang-chia-k'ou, and the people around me will get off there. I have already told the conductor to reserve a bunk bed for you. Once we get to Chang-chia-k'ou, you can come over."

   • 1993, Donald F. Lach, Edwin J. Van Kley, “China's Periphery”, in Asia in the Making of Europe‎^[3], volume III, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1766:

     According to Ides, the Manchu emperor hunts tigers in the area each August. As they near Chang-chia-k’ou (Kalgan) at the Great Wall, the country becomes more populous.

   • 1996, S. C. M. Paine, Imperial Rivals: China, Russia, and Their Disputed Frontier‎^[4], M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 89:

     Ignat'ev refused to concede these points, but offered other concessions instead: Russia would not demand a consulate in Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh or Chang-chia-k'ou (Kalgan); it would permit Chinese subjects to continue living along the Ussuri river as Chinese subjects; and it would limit to 200 the number of Russian traders in Peking.

Translations

Zhangjiakou — see Zhangjiakou

Further reading

• “Chang-chia-k’ou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Chang-chia-k'ou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kalgan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 898, column 1: “Chinese Changchiakow or Chang-chia-k’ou”
• “Chang-chia-k’ou or Chang·kia·kow”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas‎^[6], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145, column 2