Chiang-tzu

English

Map including CHIANG-TZU (DMA, 1977)

Etymology

From Mandarin 江孜 (Jiāngzī) Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-tzŭ¹.

Proper noun

Chiang-tzu

1. Alternative form of Jiangzi (Gyantse)
   • 1963, Provincial Atlas of China‎^[1], Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 55:

     Chiang-tzu is situated on the east back of Nien-ch'u River, a tributary of Yalutsangpo River. This is one of three large cities in Tibet, Chiang-tzu is renowned for producing Tibetan rugs , […]

   • 1998, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia: Knowledge in Depth‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 208, column 2:

     The first telegraph line was strung between Kalimpong (India) and Chiang-tzu by the British in 1904. In the 1920s another line connecting Chiang-tzu with Lhasa was erected, this being the only telegraph system in use until the Chinese took over in 1951.

   • 2020, Evan McGilvray, “The Early Years”, in Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck‎^[3], Pen & Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 6:

     Auchinleck commanded one of these – a company of 100 men – with orders to establish a base at Gyantse (now renamed Chiang-tzu) over 150 miles inside Tibet and 12,000ft above sea level.

Translations

Jiangzi — see Jiangzi