Chin-chung

A form of Jinzhong — A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Jinzhong.

    The remaining 30% are anthracite coal, mainly found in Chin-shui and Chin-chung.

    1958, Jingzhi Sun, Excerpts from Economic Geography of North China, Joint Publications Research Office, →OCLC, page 88
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    The old Spades of An-i are reported to have been discovered in "Chin-chung" (Shansi), and the various Late Spades are said to have been recovered in "Chin-chung" (Shansi) and "Shan-yu" (Shansi), in "Chi-hsing" (Hopeh) or Chih-li (Hopeh) by most of the numismatists mentioned above.

    1951, Numismatic Notes & Monographs, number 122, American Numismatic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 136

    Areas Suitable for Growing: It is being cultivated in Peking, Tientsin, the northeastern part of Hopeh, and the Chin-chung Prefecture of Shansi.

    1979 August 22, “Superior Seed Strains of Staple Crops (198)”, in Translation Handbook on Agricultural Techniques for State Farms, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 271

    The five special district are Yen-pei in the extreme northeast, Hsin-hsien in the north, Chin-chung in the centre of the province,[…]

    1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 648, column 1

    Yang-ch’üan, Pinyin YANGQUAN, City, eastern Shansi Province (sheng), China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shih) entirely surrounded by Chin-chung Prefecture (ti-ch’ü).

    2002, “Yang-ch’üan”, in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 12, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 817, column 1

Origin

  1. Mandarin晉中 /晋中
  2. EnglishChin-chung

From Mandarin 晉中 /晋中 (Jìnzhōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin⁴-chung¹.

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