Macheng

Ma·cheng
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proper noun

A county-level city of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ma-ch'eng

  1. A county-level city of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

    A Chinese Communique reports that the Japanese have captured Macheng in eastern Hupeh.

    1943 January 4, “JAPS CAPTURE MACHENG”, in The Bombay Chronicle, volume XXXI, number 2, Bombay, page 1
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    Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.

    [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14

    The minibus was hit by a truck loaded with bricks in Macheng in Hubei province, Xinhua said. Fourteen children were injured.

    2007 May 28, “China bus plunge kills seven children”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 10 May 2022, Latest Crisis
  2. A town in Duodao district, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Origin

  1. Mandarin麻城
  2. EnglishMacheng

The Postal Map romanization romanization of the Mandarin 麻城 (Máchéng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 麻城
  • 麻城a county-level city in central China; a town in central China
Chinese Mandarin 麻城
  • 麻城 (Máchéng)a county-level city in central China; a town in central China
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