Lüeyang

Lüe·yang

proper noun

A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

OriginMandarin 略陽 /略阳 →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Luehyang · alternative Lueyang · alternative Lveyang

  1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

    Fu Lang's ancestral home was Linwei (臨渭) in Lüeyang (略陽) commandery (northeast of modern Tianshui (天水), Gansu).

    2010, Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature, volume I, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 238
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    Xingzhou was more than five hundred kilometers northeast of Chengdu, in modern Lüeyang 略陽 county, across today's border with Shaanxi.

    2019, Franciscus Verellen, Imperiled Destinies: The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 318

Origin

  1. Mandarin略陽 /略阳
  2. EnglishLüeyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 略陽 /略阳 (Lüèyáng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 略陽 /略阳
  • 略陽 /略阳 (loek⁶ joeng⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 略陽 /略阳
  • 略陽 /略阳 (Lüèyáng)county
Cite this entry
APA

Lüeyang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L%C3%BCeyang

MLA

“Lüeyang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L%C3%BCeyang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lüeyang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/L%C3%BCeyang.

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