Kinshakiang

See also: Kinsha Kiang, Kin-sha Kiang, Kin-sha-kiang, and Kin Sha Kiang

English

Etymology

From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of 金沙江 (Jīnshājiāng).

Proper noun

Kinshakiang

1. Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang
   • 1872 June, “Chinese Scenes”, in Ballou's Monthly Magazine‎^[1], volume XXXV, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 513, column 2:

     The Yangtsekiang is much more calm and useful than its rival, and is formed by the union of two rivers named respectively and unpronounceably, the Kinshakiang or Gold-sand River, and Yalongkiang or White River.

   • 1920, Chinese Foreign Office, “The Tibetan Question”, in Asian Review‎^[2], volume 1, →OCLC, page 167, column 2:

     With the exception of native troops who are employed in maintaining order in their districts, no Tibetan force shall be quartered to the east of the Kinshakiang River.

   • 1935 May 18, “Gen. Chiang Kai-shek Urges Full Development of Resources in Yunnan”, in The China Weekly Review‎^[3], volume 72, number 12, →OCLC, page 385, column 1:

     Government troops of Yunnan, Kweichow and the Central Government have been instructed by General Chiang Kai-shek to cross the Kinshakiang immediately to pursue the Reds. […]
     The main part of the Communists under Chu Teh and Mao Tse-tung is in the districts of Yuanmo and Wuting while part of them are attempting to invade the southern part of Szechuan in the vicinity of the Kinshakiang river, according to the Shanghai Mainici, on May 10.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kinshakiang.