Lienyunkang

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A form of Lianyungang — A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China.

OriginMandarin 連雲港 /连云港 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativehistoricalobsoleteAlternative form of Lianyungang.

    Lienyunkang is capable of handling 7,000-dead-weight-ton vessels.

    1974, William W. Whitson, editor, Doing Business with China, Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 328
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    Plants producing chemical fertilizer, acid and soda make use of the phosphates from Lienyunkang and the salt from the Huaipei salt works.

    A Concise Geography of China

    1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, page 119

    By the end of 1944 Communist forces began to move toward the key port of Lienyunkang in northern Kiangsu.

    1980, James Reardon-Anderson, Yenan and the Great Powers, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 88

Origin

  1. Mandarin連雲港 /连云港
  2. EnglishLienyunkang

The Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 連雲港 /连云港 (Liányúngǎng).

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APA

Lienyunkang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lienyunkang

MLA

“Lienyunkang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lienyunkang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lienyunkang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lienyunkang.

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