K'un-ming

See also: Kunming and Kūnmíng

English

Map including K'UN-MING (YÜNNANFU) (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

From Mandarin 昆明 (Kūnmíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻun¹-ming².

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko͝onʹmǐngʹ

Proper noun

K'un-ming

1. Alternative form of Kunming
   • 1954, Herold J. Wiens, “The South China geographical environment”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China‎^[1], Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 8:

     Settlements at a few favored basins, and strategic outposts were established very early, such as those at Kuei-yang and K'un-ming, but the vast extent of the territory remained under the local autonomous rule of tribal chieftains with nominal subservience to the Chinese Emperor.

   • 1968, Edward W. Wagner, “K’UN-MING”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[2], volume 13, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 511, column 1:

     During World War II K’un-ming received many refugees from eastern China and later from southeast Asia, and became a Chinese military base. It was also of great importance as the transport terminus for the Burma road and for cargo flown over the "Hump" by U.S. air forces.

   • 1969, Norton Ginsburg, edited by Joseph Kitagawa, Understanding Modern China‎^[3], Quadrangle Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:

     Ninety-five per cent of the cultivated area of the country lies east of a line drawn from Tsitsihar (Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh) in northern Manchuria to K'un-ming in Yün-nan Province. This is eastern China, and within it is the Chinese ecumene.

   • 2006, Geoffrey Blainey, A Short History of the 20th Century‎^[4], Ivan R. Dee, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 254:

     Julia Child helped one of the world's richer and more puritanical nations to view its menu afresh. A Californian, she worked for U.S. intelligence in wartime K'un-ming, where the American food she ate was "terrible" and the regional Chinese food was a revelation.

Derived terms

• K'un-ming Lake

Translations

Kunming — see Kunming

Further reading

• “K'un-ming” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.