Xiangdong

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湘東 / 湘东 (Xiāngdōng).

Proper noun

Xiangdong

1. A district of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China.
   • 2016 October 25, “Far-sighted strategy: University of Derby is reaping the rewards of its hard work with Chinese counterparts”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 29, 2016, Special Reports‎^[2]:

     The activities are not one-sided. In August this year, a delegation of teachers from Xiangdong district went to the University of Derby for a summer programme on the English language and to observe various pedagogies adopted by the university.

   • 2016 December 5, “BRIEF-Changfeng extends gas pipeline to Luqian industrial area”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 06 December 2016, Market News‎^[4]:

     * Changfeng extends its gas distribution pipeline to Luqian industrial area in Xiangdong district, Pingxiang city, Jiangxi province, China

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 湘東 / 湘东 (soeng¹ dung¹)

  Mandarin: 湘東 / 湘东 (zh) (Xiāngdōng)