Chiang-men

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 江門／江门 (Jiāngmén) Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-mên².

Proper noun

Chiang-men

1. Alternative form of Jiangmen
   • 1957, G. William Skinner, Chinese Society in Thailand: An Analytical History‎^[1], Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, →OCLC, pages 41–42:

     Around 1825, however, prior to the main shift, the major ports in Kwangtung and Fukien from which trade was carried on with Siam (see Maps 2, 3, 4) were (1) Canton and Chiang-men in the Cantonese emigrant area, […]

   • 1975, Edward J. M. Rhoads, China's Republican Revolution: The Case of Kwangtung, 1895-1913‎^[2], Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:

     Other large cities in the delta are Kongmoon (Chiang-men), in Hsin-hui district, with a population in 1953 of 85,000, and Shih-ch’i, seat of Hsiang-shan (now Chung-shan) district, with a population of 93,000.

   • 1977, Sarasin Viraphol, “The Height of the Sino-Siamese Junk Trade in the Second and Third Bangkok Reigns, 1809-1833”, in Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese trade, 1652-1853‎^[3], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188:

     Among the vessels, five junks of 3,000 piculs (400,000-567,000 lbs.) came from Chiang-men (Kiangmui) in Kwangtung, one of 5,000 piculs from Chang-lin, and two of 3,000 piculs each from Amoy.