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English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長江／长江 (Cháng Jiāng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃæŋ ˈdʒ(j)ɒŋ/, /-d͡ʒi.æŋ/
Proper noun
Chang Jiang
- Synonym of Yangtze
, volume XXIX, number 12, Beijing: China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34, column 1:ONE of the problems in China’s economy today is: In the past decade many places built industries to utilize local raw materials or supply local markets with goods. But often these plants were technically backward, and the goods they produced were of poor quality, or even unsalable. This was once true of the Xianning district, consisting of seven counties south of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River in Hubei province.]
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chang Jiang or Yangzi River”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 725, column 1