Pengyang

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 彭陽／彭阳 (Péngyáng).

Proper noun

Pengyang

1. A county of Guyuan, Ningxia, China.
   • 2004, Peter Ho, “The Wasteland Auction Policy in Northwest China: Solving Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty?”, in Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture‎^[1], →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 125‎^[2]:

     Pengyang county was administered by Guyuan before 1988. In contrast to Guyuan, Pengyang is relatively wealthy. Farmers earn a considerable income through tobacco cultivation, which can yield an annual gross income of Rmb 1,500-2,000 per mu. In 1996, the cultivated area of tobacco in Pengyang was 11,000 mu.⁷

   • 2007 December 4, “China wants Bali talks to back technology fund”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 July 2022, Environment:

     A woman boils water in a kettle using solar energy panels at a village of Pengyang county, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, December 4, 2007. China wants rich economies to back a fund to speed the spread of greenhouse gas-cutting technology in poor nations as it seeks to persuade delegates at global warming talks the focus of responsibility belongs on the West.

   • 2009, “Fuzzy Sets in Regional Development Analysis: A case study of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Western China”, in Huhua Cao, editor, Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia‎^[4], Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:

     The southern counties were relatively less developed during 2002 to 2004. In 2002, there was only one county with a normal development level and there were two (Jixi and Jingyuan) that were at the 'undeveloped' level. This situation for the Southern Province worsened in 2003: four counties (Jixi, Jingyuan, Haiyuan and Pengyang) were at the 'undeveloped' level. In 2004, Pengyang County upgraded to 'underdeveloped'; however, the other three counties were still undeveloped.

   • 2016, Lili Xun, “Intra-county Migration in Ningxia—A Case Study of Pengyang County and Xiji County”, in Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation: A Study of Migration ...‎^[5], →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136:

     Pengyang County is on the rim of the south of Ningxia's Hui Autonomous Region. It is on the east side of Liupan Mountain.

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Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彭陽 / 彭阳 (zh) (Péngyáng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Pengyang

1. Synonym of Pyongyang.
   • 1943, Chao-ying Fang, “SUNG Chʻing [宋慶]”, in Arthur W. Hummel, editor, Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644-1912)‎^[6], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1970, →OCLC, page 687, column 2:

     As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.

   • 1944, Robert T. Oliver, “Early History”, in Korea: Forgotten Nation‎^[7], Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, →OCLC, page 32:

     The origins of Korea, like those of every other ancient state, are obscure. According to legend, a group of Koreans gathered under a tree in 2333 B.C. and elected as their king a man known as Dangun. He established his capital at Pengyang and named the country Chosen, “the Land of Morning Calm.”

   • 1954, Albert J. Nevins, “Korea—The Hermit Kingdom”, in The Meaning of Maryknoll‎^[8], New York: McMullen Books, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83:

     The name assigned was the Prefecture Apostolic of Pengyang. Today the city is known as Pyongyang.

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