Jiangsu
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See also: Jiāngsū
English
Alternative forms
- Kiangsu, Kiang-su, Kiang Su, Keangsoo, Keang-soo, Chiang-su, Kiang-Sou (obsolete or historical)
- Jiang Su
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 江蘇／江苏 (Jiāngsū, “Jiangning and Suzhou”), from the province's two major cities.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uː
Proper noun
Jiangsu
- A province of China, northeast of the mouth of the Yangtze River. Capital: Nanjing.
- Meronym: Nanjing
- 2022 February 19, Huizhong Wu, “Behind China’s Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 February 2022:
- Days before the Lunar New Year holiday began on Feb. 1, a video spread online from a village in Feng county, located in Jiangsu province on the coast.
Derived terms
Translations
Chinese province
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See also
| Provinces: Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan (claimed) · Yunnan · Zhejiang |
| Autonomous regions: Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang |
| Municipalities: Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing |
| Special administrative regions: Hong Kong · Macau |
References
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 477: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Chiang-su (Jiangsu) 江蘇”
Further reading
- “Jiangsu”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Jiangsu, Kiangsu, Kiang-su, Kiang Su, Keangsoo, Keang-soo, Chiang-su, Kiang-Sou, Jiang Su at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Jiangsu”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Jiangsu”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Jiangsu” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiangsu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1446, column 2: “The name sometimes spelled Kiangsu.”
French
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jiangsu m
Portuguese
Proper noun
Jiangsu m