Yongcheng
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See also: Yǒngchéng
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永城 (Yǒngchéng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Yongcheng
- A county-level city in Shangqiu, Henan, China, formerly a county.
- , volume 85, number 2, →OCLC, page 59, column 2:
- May 13.—Serious threat to Chinese position in Hsuchow area eaused by Japanese advance towards Lunghai Railway from south. Japanese column which captured (May 11) Yungcheng, in southeast Honan, near Anhwei-Shantung border, is only 60 kilometers from Lunghai Railway, west of Hsuchow. Situation at Yungcheng and Mengcheng (45 miles northwest of Pengpu) obscure; considerable fighting raging in vicinity of both cities, but report of their recapture by Chinese lacking confirmation.]
- 1994, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 205:
- Wu Xinrong, also a Xiao county native, was a landlord who controlled a local armed force. He was also a mayor and had jurisdiction over the counties of Xiayi, Yongcheng (both in Henan), and Dangshan (Anhui). Liu Ziren, a native of Yongcheng county (Henan), was an old-style army commander. These three local power holders were recruited into the Communist camp at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War through coalition politics.
- 2013 June 19, Ben Blanchard, “China executes official for child rapes after online uproar”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-05-14, WORLD NEWS:
- Li Xingong, who was the party’s deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, was found guilty of assaulting the girls during police interrogations starting from the second half of 2011, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Translations
county-level city
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yungcheng or Yung-ch’eng”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2131, column 1
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yongcheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3531, column 1