Jiamusi

See also: Jiāmùsī

English

Alternative forms

• Chia-mu-ssu (Wade–Giles)
• Kiamusze (Postal Romanization)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 佳木斯 (Jiāmùsī)

Proper noun

Jiamusi

1. A prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang, China.
   • [1950 September 18, “Fourth Report of the United Nations Command Operations in Korea, for the Period August 16-31, 1950”, in The Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History‎^[2], volume III, ABC-CLIO, published 2010, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1206, column 2:

     Approximately 140,000 Korean troops have participated in training and combat action with the Chinese Communist forces in one of three categories: (a) the Korean Volunteer Army, which was formed from Koreans in Communist-held China and Manchuria during 1945-46; (b) USSR-trained Koreans, who were transferred from north Korea and were integrated into the Korean Volunteer Army or Chinese Communist Army to gain combat experience; and (c) USSR-trained Koreans, who participated in training at Chiamussu, Manchuria, or attended the officer’s candidate school at Lungchingtsun, Manchuria.]

   • 2013 October 24, “2 dead, 62 injured in China train collisions”, in AP News‎^[3], archived from the original on 10 March 2023‎^[4]:

     In northeastern China, a passenger train collided with a coal-loaded truck early Thursday, killing the train driver and injuring 10 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The incident happened at a railway crossing in Jiamusi city in Heilongjiang province.

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic: جْيَامُوسِي m (jyamusī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佳木斯 (zh) (Jiāmùsī)

• Japanese: 佳木斯 (Jamusu, Chamusu), ジャムス (Jamusu), チャムス (Chamusu)
• Korean: 자무쓰 (Jamusseu)
• Manchu: ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠮᡠᠰᡳ (giyamusi)
• Russian: Цзямусы́ m (Czjamusý)
• Vietnamese: Giai Mộc Tư

Further reading

• Jiamusi, Chia-mu-ssu, Kiamusze at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiamusi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1446, column 1