Yuanjiang
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See also: Yuán Jiāng
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Etymology 1
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 沅江 (Yuánjiāng, “Yuan River”).
Proper noun
Yuanjiang
- A county-level city in Yiyang, Hunan, China, along the Yuan River
- , volume 14, →OCLC, page 17:
- AN advanced fishing village in learning from the Tachai Brigade, the Kuanchushan Production Brigade of Wantzuhu Commune in Yuanchiang County lies on Tungting Lake in central China's Hunan Province.]
- 2018 December 14, Amy Qin, “12-Year-Old in China Kills His Mother, Then Returns to School, Igniting an Outcry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-12-14, Asia Pacific:
- In the eyes of many Chinese, the boy was a heartless criminal who deserved to be punished. But in China, where the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 14, he could not be held legally responsible. The boy was released by the authorities in the town of Yuanjiang, in Hunan Province, with no conditions.
- 2023 April 17, Dan Stillman, “Historic Asia heat breaks hundreds of records, with extremes in Thailand and China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 April 2023, Weather:
- The hot days had been accumulating over the past few weeks, with Yuanjiang in Hunan province having exceeded 95 degrees (35 Celsius) for 22 straight days as of Friday.
- Synonym of Yuan River
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yuanjiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3536, column 2
Etymology 2
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 元江 (Yuán Jiāng, literally “First River”).
Proper noun
Yuanjiang
- Synonym of Red River
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yuanjiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3536, column 3