Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Jingshan.
In Central Hupeh, the Japanese launched another offensive from the Kingshan region, but instead of moving southwestward to cooperate with another column of theirs to capture Shasi, this column swerved to the northwest and succeeded in capturing Chunghsiang on the Han River.
1939 January, Lin Yu, “The "China Incident"”, in Philippine Magazine, volume XXXVI, number 1, →OCLC, page 1211 more example
[...]Japanese troops at 10 a.m., last Saturday, attacked the enemy, some 1,200 strong at Sanyangtien, 27 kilometres north of Kingshan in Hupei Province an enemy strategic point in the western district along the Peking-Hankow Railway, whilst the Mori unit of the Japanese Army, staging surprise raids upon the remnants[...]
1939, Manchuria: A Semi-monthly Publication of the Manchuria Daily, volume 4, numbers 1-20, →OCLC, page 963
Origin
Borrowed from Mandarin 京山 (Jīngshān).
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