Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Gucheng.
Thus we hear of searches for Father Ts’ai in Pa-tung* County in southwest Hupeh,²⁷ and in Ku-ch’êng* and Hsiang-yang Counties in northern Hupeh.
[1948, Bernward H. Willeke, Imperial Government and Catholic Missions in China during the Years 1784-1785 (Missiology Series), St. Bonaventure, N.Y.: Franciscan Institute Publications, Academy Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 1222 more examples
In 1897 Ku-ch'eng Hsien, a city lying some fourteen miles below Lao-ho-k'eo, was opened as an out-station, and an evangelist sent down for permanent work.
1903 March, Miss Black, “The Work at Lao-ho-k'eo.”, in China's Millions, volume XI, number 3, China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 34, column 2The people and army from the north entered the northern part of Hupeh (north of Hsiang-yang, Ku-ch'eng and Chu-shan) during the Ch'in and Han dynasties to engage in the work of reclamation.
1960, Economic Geography of Central China: Hupeh, Hunan, Kiangsi : Communist China, United States Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 51
Origin
- Mandarin穀城 /谷城
- EnglishKu-ch'eng
From Mandarin 穀城 /谷城 (Gǔchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ku³-chʻêng².
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