Yancheng
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Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 郾城 (Yǎnchéng).
Proper noun
Yancheng
Translations
district in central China
Further reading
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yencheng or Yen-ch’eng”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2121, column 3
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yancheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3513, column 3
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鹽城／盐城 (Yánchéng).
Proper noun
Yancheng
- A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China.
- , Taipei: Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page :
- Hau Pei-tsun was born on August 24, 1919 into an educated, well-to-do farming family in Yencheng County, Kiangsu Province.]
- 2023 June 22, “Building collapses, gas blasts, mine cave-ins and more. Deadly accidents are commonplace in China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 22 June 2023:
- In March, 78 people were killed in a blast at a chemical plant in the eastern city of Yancheng that had numerous safety violations.
Translations
prefecture-level city in eastern China
Further reading
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yencheng or Yen-ch’eng”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2121, column 3
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yancheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3513, column 3
Etymology 3
From Mandarin 鹽埕／盐埕 (Yánchéng).
Proper noun
Yancheng
- A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- 2021 October 14, Ben Blanchard, “More than 40 feared dead in fire in southern Taiwan”, in Peter Graff, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 October 2021, Asia Pacific:
- The fire broke out in the 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung's Yancheng district in the early hours of the morning and was extinguished around dawn.
- 2022 August 5, Hsueh-kuang Hung, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Woman gets life imprisonment for Kaohsiung building fire that killed 46”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 05 August 2022, Society:
- The fire in the city's Yancheng District was the second deadliest building fire in Taiwan after a blaze at the Weierkang Club in Taichung that killed 64 people in February 1995.
- 2022 September 24, “Festival kicks off in Kaohsiung to bring new life to old town”, in Focus Taiwan (Sponsored Content), archived from the original on 24 September 2022:
- A multi-day festival featuring exhibitions and music performances kicked off in Kaohsiung's Yancheng District on Saturday, bringing new life to a district known for its rich cultural and historical heritage.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yancheng.