Meanings
alternative Heng-yang
- A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
A publication circulated recently in the Hengyang area of Hunan Province called on the mainland people to rise against Communism to uphold freedom and democracy, an intelligence report from the mainland said.
1979 July 15, “Publication for freedom”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31 more example
This is not the first time a city in China has clamped down on Christmas merriment. Last December, Hengyang, a city in Hunan province, issued a stern notice asking Communist Party officials and their relatives to “resist the rampant Western festival.”
2018 December 19, Tiffany May, “Chinese City Bans Christmas Displays Amid Religious Crackdown”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2018, Asia Pacific
Origin
- Mandarin衡陽 /衡阳
- EnglishHengyang
Borrowed from Mandarin 衡陽 /衡阳 (Héngyáng).
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Chinese Cantonese 衡陽 /衡阳
- 衡陽 /衡阳prefecture-level city or county of Hunan, China
Chinese Mandarin 衡陽 /衡阳
- 衡陽 /衡阳 (Héngyáng)prefecture-level city or county of Hunan, China
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