Yong'an

See also: yongan and Yǒng'ān

English

Alternative forms

• Yung-an (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo͝ongʹänʹ

Proper noun

Yong'an

1. A county-level city in Sanming, Fujian, China, formerly a county
   • 1982 June, Wu Dongyan, “The Furniture Industry”, in China Reconstructs [中国建设]‎^[2], volume XXXI, number 6, Beijing: China Welfare Institute, →OCLC, page 49:

     In Yong’an county, Fujian province, fiberboard is produced from waste lumber.

   • 1999 [1995], Chen Yun, Selected Works of Chen Yun‎^[3], volume I, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48:

     By the time Comrade Luo Fu⁷⁸ (member of the Military Commission) learned about and objected to this move and the Red Army began to move eastward to Yong’an and Shaxian counties, the favourable situation which had existed in the Fujian People’s Government had changed.

Translations

city in Fujian, China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 永安 (wing⁵ on¹)

  Hokkien: 永安 (Éng-an)

  Mandarin: 永安 (zh) (Yǒng'ān)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yong'an”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3531, column 1

Anagrams

• Yangon, nongay