Yueyang

Yue·yang
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proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Yueh-yang · alternative dated Yoyang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.

    Japanese troops were pulled to Yuehyang, at the junction of the Hsiang and Yangtze rivers, from Hunan, Honan, and Hupeh provinces.

    [1982, Roy M. Stanley II, “The Land War in China”, in Prelude to Pearl Harbor, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 128, column 1
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    In his capacity as Thief-punishing General, after the grand birthday celebrations in Hankow, he transferred his headquarters to Yüeh-yang.

    [1999, Chiang Kuei, translated by Timothy A. Ross, A Translation of the Chinese Novel Chung-yang (Rival Suns) by Chiang Kuei (1908-1980), Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 342
  2. A county of Yueyang City, Hunan, China.

    In Yueyang county, Hunan, some 22,000 people lost their homes during the building of Tieshan Reservoir.

    2011, Frank Dikötter, Mao's Great Famine, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 170

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Origin

  1. Mandarin岳陽 /岳阳
  2. EnglishYueyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 岳陽 /岳阳 (Yuèyáng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 岳陽 /岳阳
  • 岳陽 /岳阳 (ngok⁶ joeng⁴)prefecture-level city or county of Hunan, China
Chinese Mandarin 岳陽 /岳阳
  • 岳陽 /岳阳 (Yuèyáng)prefecture-level city or county of Hunan, China
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