Xiangyang

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See also: xiàngyàng and Xiàngyáng

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 襄陽 / 襄阳 (Xiāngyáng).

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Xiangyang

  1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
    • , →OCLC, page 14:
      On conferring with the great pioneer, Dr. Griffith John, they were advised to locate in Northwest Hupeh. Accordingly, in the spring of 1892, Mr. H. N. Ronning and Mr. D. Nelson, together with Mr. P. Matson of the Swedish American Mission Covenant, and Mr. J. B. Brandtzaeg of the China Mission Society of Norway, set sail up the Han River on a tour of investigation. They went as far as Fancheng, Siangyang, and Laohokow. An account of their trip tells that when they came to the twin cities of Fancheng and Siangyang the men climbed up a small mountain overlooking the two cities, for a quiet time with God.]
    • , volume XIII, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53, column 1:
      The tunnel has been lined with reinforced concrete, the work over each of the first two winters taking 200,000 commune folk of Kwanghua and Hsiangyang.]
    • 2020 February 6, Isabella Kwai, “What It’s Like to Be Quarantined on an Australian Island”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 February 2020, Asia Pacific‎:
      For Mr. Huang and his family, their journey began on Sunday in the city of Xiangyang in Hubei Province, about three hours away from Wuhan, the Chinese city hardest hit by the virus. They had been visiting relatives during the Lunar New Year holiday last month when the authorities locked down Xiangyang as part of a security cordon to contain the epidemic.

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