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Etymology
From Mandarin 荆門 (Jīngmén), Wade–Giles romanization: Ching¹-mên².
Proper noun
Chingmen
- Alternative form of Jingmen
1956, Bernard Llewellyn, “The Captive Concubines”, in China's Courts and Concubines, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, page 161:Wang Chʻiang was born at Chingmen in modern Hopeh on the north bank of the Yangtse-kiang.
1965, Alexander Cordell, chapter 15, in The Sinews of Love, Doubleday & Company, page 125:"The name of Bright Concubine was Ming Fei—some called her the Brilliant Lady. Many poets confuse her with Hsiang Fei, so you are not alone in the error. Wang was her family name and she was born in Chingmen.
1991, Combat Chronology 1941-1945, →OCLC, page :8/29/43 Fourteenth AF
9 B-25's, with ftr escort, bomb A/F at Chingmen.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chingmen.
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