Zhenjiang
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 鎮江 / 镇江 (Zhènjiāng).
Pronunciation
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[edit]Zhenjiang
- A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China.
- [1976, Donald A. Jordan, “The Party Divided”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928[4], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 123:
- In the second week of April, clashes between CCP and KMT affiliates became more violent. Interunion fights broke out in Canton, and in Chenchiang, Kiangsu, riots between unions left 150 dead and wounded.]
- 2019 October 17, Amy Qin, “China Detains 2 Americans Amid Growing Scrutiny of Foreigners”, in The New York Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-10-17, Asia Pacific[6]:
- The two Americans, Jacob Harlan and Alyssa Petersen, were detained late last month and are being held in Zhenjiang, a town in Jiangsu Province, according to GoFundMe pages set up by friends and relatives.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a city in China
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References
[edit]- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 476: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Chen-chiang (Zhenjiang) 鎮江”
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chinkiang, Chenkiang, or Chen-chiang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 398, column 3
- ^ “Chen-chiang or Chin·kiang”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas[3], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 150, column 2
Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhenping”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3564, column 1