Yandang
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English
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 雁蕩 / 雁荡 (Yàndàng, literally “Wild Goose Pond”).
Proper noun
Yandang
- A town in Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- A nearby mountain.
- 2004, Treasures of China, Reader's Digest, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255, column 1:
- Yandang Mountain is situated in Leqing County, Zhejiang. The leading peak, Yanhugang (Wild Goose Lake Peak), lies 3432 ft. (1046 m) above sea level.
- 2024 May 7, Lilit Marcus, Wayne Chang, “Chinese climbers stuck on cliff for more than an hour due to overcrowding”, in CNN, archived from the original on May 07, 2024, Travel:
- Earlier this week, groups of travelers climbing Yandang Mountain in eastern China were stuck partway up a cliff, clinging to a rope along a fixed climbing route, for more than an hour.
- The surrounding range of mountains.
Translations
town, mountains
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yandang Moutain”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3513, column 3