Shaoxing
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See also: Shàoxīng
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 紹興／绍兴 (Shàoxīng), named for an era of the Song dynasty.[2]
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Shaoxing
- A prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China, along the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, the site of the former capitals of the Yue kingdom and Kuaiji Commandery.
- 2009 February 27, David Barboza, “A Textile Capital of China Is Hobbled by a Downturn Gone Global”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-04-01, World Business:
- Now, demand is waning in the United States, and Shaoxing, a coastal city that is one of the world’s biggest textile centers, has fallen victim to the global downturn.
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Translations
city in Zhejiang
References
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 484: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Shao-hsing (Shaoxing) 紹興”
- ^ Wilkinson, Endymion (2000) “Geography”, in Chinese History: A New Manual, Rev. & enl. edition, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135: “Cities were not infrequently named after the era name in which they were founded (e.g., Shaoxing 紹興 in Zhejiang, after the Shaoxing era, 1131-62).”
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Shaoxing ?
- Shaoxing (a prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China)