Heyang

He·yang
H4E1Y4A1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ho-yang

  1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

    Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network : * Says it signs strategic cooperation agreement with Heyang County govt

    2016 May 17 [2016 May 18], “BRIEF-Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network signs strategic cooperation agreement with Heyang govt”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2023
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    The most direct road from Hanch'eng to Hsian lies through the cities of T'ungchou Fu and Weinan Hsien across the plains along the Yellow River, but we followed a slightly longer route further north across the loess uplands via Hoyang, Ch'engch'eng, P'uch'eng, Fup'ing, and Sanyuan, a week's journey by a good and mostly level trail.[…] Hoyang is a fairly large city, the centre of a first class district; but it is a poor-looking place inside, like most of these purely agricultural prairie towns, and is not to be compared with Hanch'eng, which probably does a good deal of trade with prosperous Shansi.

    [1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, pages 79–80

    As a result, some 1,000 activists in reading Chairman Mao's works have emerged in Hoyang County, Shensi Province.

    [1966 January 26 [1966 January 19], “Local Areas Improve War Veterans' Treatment”, in Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 18, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page CCC 4

    Heyang county was selected as the project site because of its representative qualities.[...]Weinan 渭南 municipality, in which Heyang county is situated, is the most densely populated of the province's lower-level and mainly agricultural municipalities.

    2011, Gender in Flux: Agency and Its Limits in Contemporary China, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 59

Origin

  1. Mandarin合陽 /合阳
  2. EnglishHeyang

From Mandarin 合陽 /合阳.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 合陽 /合阳
  • 合陽 /合阳county
Chinese Mandarin 合陽 /合阳
  • 合陽 /合阳county

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APA

Heyang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Heyang

MLA

“Heyang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Heyang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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