Liaoyang

See also: liáoyǎng and Liáoyáng

English

Alternative forms

• Liao-yang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 遼陽／辽阳 (Liáoyáng).

Proper noun

Liaoyang

1. A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China.

   Holonym: Liaodong

   • 1895 April, “Editorial Paragraphs”, in The Missionary Herald‎^[1], volume XCI, number IV, →OCLC, page 130:

     It was just such a mob as this, started by undisciplined soldiers, which resulted in the death of Rev. Mr. Wylie, of the Scotch United Presbyterian Mission, at Liaoyang.

   • 2018 July 22, Aizhu Chen, “China's CNPC starts test runs at new crude unit in Liaoyang for Russian oil”, in Gopakumar Warrier, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 14 May 2022, Commodities News:

     * China’s top state energy group CNPC has started test runs at a new crude unit in subsidiary plant in Liaoyang that’s designated to process Russian crude oil, the group said on Monday […]
     * Reuters has reported Liaoyang was expected to become a main Russian oil processor under CNPC from end of this year after a major upgrade. For now, CNPC’s Dalian refinery is taking most of the increased supplies of Russian crude from the East Siberian Pacific Ocean pipeline (ESPO).

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

Translations

prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遼陽／辽阳 (zh) (Liáoyáng)

• French: Liaoyang f

Further reading

• “Liaoyang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Liaoyang in Encyclopædia Britannica
• “Liaoyang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Liaoyang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Liaoyang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Liaoyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1729, column 2

French

Alternative forms

• Léaoyang (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lja.wa.jɑ̃/

Proper noun

Liaoyang f

1. Liaoyang (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China).

   Holonym: Liaodong