Dangyang

See also: dàngyàng

English

Alternative forms

• Tangyang
• Tang-yang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 當陽／当阳 (Dāngyáng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæŋ.jæŋ/, /dɑŋ.jɑŋ/

Proper noun

Dangyang

1. A county-level city in Yichang, Hubei, China.
   • [1958 December, Hsieh Ying-chi, “China's Aim: An Improved Implement For Every Job”, in Indian Farming‎^[1], volume VIII, number 9, New Delhi: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, columns 2, 3:

     After learning that the Paoma township had begun to transport everything on wheels overnight, the whole of the Tangyang county in the Hupei province followed suit within five days: 13,195 persons in the county offered 13,817 suggestions, 25,742 persons took part in making implements and 1,885 functionaries built 2,488 tools. […]
     The Paoma township of the Tangyang county in the Hupeh province gained 160,000 workdays through the campaign.]

   • 2016 August 11, Edward Wong, “Explosion at Coal-Fired Plant in Central China Kills at Least 21”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 August 2016, Asia Pacific‎^[3]:

     The deaths and injuries occurred when a high-pressure steam pipe exploded at a plant in the city of Dangyang in Hubei Province, a news website run by the provincial government said.

   • 2016 August 11, Beijing Monitoring Desk, “Industrial explosion in central China kills at least 21 -state media”, in Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 10 June 2022, Basic Materials‎^[5]:

     An explosion at a plant in central China has killed at least 21 people and injured five, state media reported on Thursday.
     The blast happened at a power plant in Dangyang, in the central province of Hubei, on Thursday afternoon, state television said.

Translations

county-level city in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 當陽／当阳 (zh) (Dāngyáng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dangyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 963, column 1