Sung-chiang

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English

Etymology

From Mandarin 松江 (Sōngjiāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Sung¹-chiang¹.[1]

Proper noun

Sung-chiang

  1. Alternative form of Songjiang
    • 1998, Robert Carter, Barbarians, Orion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130:
      A thrill passed through her. With the Chung Wang at their head our troops are truly invincible, she told herself. First Soochow, and then Hangchow. Now our glorious army has occupied Sung-chiang, only sixty li away. The Final Victory is at hand! Soon we'll take Shanghai, and then we'll have a port, which means we can communicate with the outside world.
    • 2006, William Weir, 50 Battles that Changed the World, Bounty Books, published 2008, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 237:
      For his second attack on Sung-chiang, Ward left the Westerners who remained from his first army at home. He took 200 Filipinos on a steamer going away from Sung-chiang. After dark, Ward and his men left the boat and marched back to Sung-chiang, where they were to lead an attack by the Imperial Army.

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References

  1. ^ Songjiang, Wade-Giles romanization Sung-chiang, in Encyclopædia Britannica