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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 嘉定 (Jiādìng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-ting⁴.
Proper noun
Chiating
- Alternative form of Jiading.
1977, Jon Sigurdson, “Notes”, in Rural Industrialization in China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 242:First, gas, which is required in large quantities, was available in Chiating county seat, which is only about km. away. Second, the short distance between the county seat and enterprise location facilitates transportation. Almost all the machinery had been taken over from one of the large bulb enterprises in Shanghai.
1978 December, “A County Weather Station”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 12, Peking, →OCLC, column 1:ONE evening at six o’clock, in the villages of Chiating county near Shanghai, the loudspeakers announced, "All communes and brigades take notice: Tonight there will be a heavy rain ..." This was the regular county forecast.
1981, David S. G. Goodman, “The Shanghai Connection: Shanghai's role in national politics during the 1970s”, in Christopher Howe, editor, Shanghai: Revolution and Development in an Asian Metropolis, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 142:For example, in late 1974, a Seven-Year Agricultural Development Plan was published for Chiating county in Shanghai.
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