Lienkiang

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A form of Lianjiang — A county of Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

Lienkiang1

proper noun

alternative Lienkiáng

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Lianjiang.

    The islands prevented Communist shipping from making use of two big ports, Foochow on the Min River and Lienkiang on the Tai River.

    1962, DeWitt S. Copp, The Odd Day, William Morrow and Company, page 66
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    hundred miles south of Ningpo, relates that on the short of a pleasant lake outside the gates of Lienkiang there is an ancient tomb guarded by two colossal statues, the one of a military, the other of a civil dignitary, which stand facing each other.

    1893, Good Words, volume 34, Alexander Strahan and Company, page 708

    In Foochow the fighting was gradually turning in China's favor. Fuching and Lienkiang on the coast were harrassed^([sic]) by the Chinese, while northwest of the fallen provincial capital of Fukien, Chinese forces gradually gained the upper hand. Despite Japanese reinforcements, Chinese guerillas^([sic]) filtered in to the very outskirts of Foochow, which made the Japanese remove their puppet "government" to Pagoda Anchorage.

    1941 June 28, Lin Yu, “The "China Incident"”, in A. V. H. Hartendorp, editor, Philippine Magazine, volume 38, number 6, page 245
  2. alternativeAlternative form of Lienchiang.

    Fukien province consists of two island groups, each constituting a hsien. One of them is Kinmen (islands of Quemoy (Kinmen), Tatan Tao, Hsiaochinmen Tao, Tungting Tao). The other is Lienkiang (islands of Matsu, Changhsu Chan, Tungyin Tao, Tungchuan Tao).

    1999, Gwillim Law, Administrative Subdivisions of Countries : A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998, McFarland & Company, pages 356-357
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    Matsu Islands Like the Kinmens, the Matsu Islands are part of Fukien Province. A political affairs commission is the administrative organ, supported by the Lienkiang Hsien Government. They form the northern anchor of the offshore defense line and seal the mouth of the Min River.

    1959, Sampson C. Shen, editor, China Yearbook 1958-1959, Taipei, Taiwan: China Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 99

    Outlying the island of Kinmen, the Matsu Islands are well known to the world because of its valiant defense. These consist of Kaoteng, Peikan, Nankan, Tungchuan and Sichuan and spread out at the mouth of the Min River. They form a part of Lienkiang county, Fukien.

    1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China : Its Founding and Development, volume 2, Taipei: Modern China Press, via Internet Archive, page 528

Lienkiang2

proper noun

alternative Lienkiáng

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Lianjiang.

    Among the new lines built and put into operation this year are the Paotow-Lanchow line, and the one linking Lienkiang with Mowming.

    1972, Peter Cheng, A Chronology of the People's Republic of China from October 1, 1949, Rowman and Littlefield, page 99

Origin

Lienkiang · proper noun

  1. Mandarin連江 /连江
  2. EnglishLienkiang

From the Mandarin 連江 /连江 (Liánjiāng).

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Lienkiang · proper noun

  1. Mandarin廉江
  2. EnglishLienkiang

From the Mandarin 廉江 (Liánjiāng).

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