Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jiangzi (Gyantse).
Auchinleck commanded one of these – a company of 100 men – with orders to establish a base at Gyantse (now renamed Chiang-tzu) over 150 miles inside Tibet and 12,000ft above sea level.
2020, Evan McGilvray, “The Early Years”, in Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, Pen & Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62 more examples
Chiang-tzu is situated on the east back of Nien-ch'u River, a tributary of Yalutsangpo River. This is one of three large cities in Tibet. Chiang-tzu is renowned for producing Tibetan rugs, and so is called the "Home of the Tibetan Rug".
Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u
1964 October 26 [1963 August], Provincial Atlas of China [Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u], Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u, Atlas Publishing House, Peiping, 16th Printing, pp 1-66, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 55The first telegraph line was strung between Kalimpong (India) and Chiang-tzu by the British in 1904. In the 1920s another line connecting Chiang-tzu with Lhasa was erected, this being the only telegraph system in use until the Chinese took over in 1951.
1998, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia: Knowledge in Depth, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 208, column 2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Mandarin江孜
- EnglishChiang-tzu
From Mandarin 江孜 (Jiāngzī) Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-tzŭ¹.
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