Shen-nung-chia

A form of Shennongjia — A forestry district in western Hubei, China.

OriginMandarin 神農架 /神农架 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Shennongjia.

    "Your Eminence, please have patience with my ignorance. You are sent by the revered Chang-ch'ao, are you not?" "Yes, indeed. I am on my way across to Shen-nung-chia."

    2005, Pauline Holdstock, The Blackbird's Song, Cormorant Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 208
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    At Shen-nung-chia (elevation around 4,000 meters) on the borders of Fanghsien, Hsing-shan hsien and Pa-tung hsien in western Hupeh, we find remnants of primary forests of Picea and Tsuga chinensis.

    1959, Po-chieh Kêng, Botanical Geography of China by Regions, →OCLC, page 78

    The primeval forest (Shen-nung-chia) that straddles three hsiens - Hsing-shan, Pa-tung and Fang - in the northern sector of Hupeh Province along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River is being developed since 1965.

    1960s, Material and Technical Groundwork Concluded in China Afforestation - additional progress in spring afforestation activities, CIA, page 8?

    No specific permissions were required for Shen-nung-chia Nature Reserve (Hubei Province, P.R. China) and the location was a scenic spot. . . . Echinodontium taxodii (GenBank accession number, EF422215) was isolated from rotten wood in Shen-nung-chia Nature Reserve (a scenic spot in Hubei Province, P.R. China) and preserved by our laboratory [24].

    2014 October 6, Yuling Han, Lili Shi, Jing Meng, Hongbo Yu, Xiaoyu Zhang, “Azo Dye Biodecolorization Enhanced by Echinodontium taxodii Cultured with Lignin”, in PLOS One, volume 9, number 10, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020

Origin

  1. Mandarin神農架 /神农架
  2. EnglishShen-nung-chia

From Mandarin 神農架 /神农架 (Shénnóngjià), Wade–Giles romanization: Shên²-nung²-chia⁴.

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