Sikang
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 西康 (Xīkāng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sikang
- A former province of China.
- 1949, Han-seng Chen, “The Kamba and their Relations with Central China”, in Frontier Land Systems in Southernmost China, Institute of Pacific Relations, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 73:
- (1) At about the same time their number was 573,981 in the eastern half of Sikang Province, including nineteen districts east of the Kin-sha River; (2) and 321,945 in the western half.
- 1972, G. Kenneth Whitehead, “The Deer of Europe and Northern Asia”, in Deer of the world, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 84–85:
- The southern limit of the Roe deer in China seems to be about latitude 30°N but in Sikang and Szechwan provinces it may extend slightly south of this latitude in the Kinsha River area.
- 2008 [1946], Ellery Queen, “The Adventure of the Needle's Eye”, in Paul D. Staudohar, editor, Murder: Short & Sweet (Fiction), Chicago: Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 205:
- Where five channels in the Northwest Passage were known, Ericsson opened a sixth. He found a peak in Sikang Province of western China, in the Amne Machin Range, which was almost a thousand feet higher than Everest, but he lost his instruments and his companions and Mount Everest remained on the books the highest mountain on the planet.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sikang.
Translations
historical province
Further reading
- “Sikang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Sikang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Sikang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Sikang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.