Jiayuguan

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 嘉峪關嘉峪关 (Jiāyùguān).

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Jiayuguan

  1. A prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.
    • [1977, Flavio Conti, “The Great Wall, People's Republic of China”, in Patrick Creagh, transl., Breaking the Confines (The Grand Tour)‎[1], New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1978, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 55, column 3:
      This reconstructed Great Wall stretched from the River Yalu in the east, on the border with Korea, to Chiayükuan in Kansu Province.]
    • [1979, Paul Hulton, Lawrence Smith, “Naturalism in Sung China”, in Flowers in Art from East and West[2], Jarrold and Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3:
      There is a striving towards naturalism in agricultural scenes painted on bricks in tombs of the third century AD recently excavated at Chia-yü-kuan in Kansu Province which is reminiscent of later European illuminated manuscripts such as the English fifteenth-century Luttrell Psalter in the British Library.]
    • 2022 November 29, Keith Bradsher, “China to Launch 3 Astronauts to New Space Station: How to Watch”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 November 2022, Asia Pacific‎[4]:
      Jiuquan is 150 miles into the Gobi Desert from the nearest city, Jiayuguan in Gansu Province.

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