Yung-ch'un

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English

Map including YUNG-CH'UN (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From Mandarin 永春 (Yǒngchūn) Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-chʻun¹.

Proper noun

Yung-ch'un

  1. Alternative form of Yongchun
    • 1896, The China Mission Hand-book, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, →OCLC, page 54:
      During the past year also a missionary has been resident at the inland city of Yung-chʻun, where efforts are being made to secure suitable premises for opening a mission hospital.
    • 1966, E-tu Zen Sun, John De Francis, Chinese Social History, New York: Octagon Books, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 353:
      The ship in question sailed from the Ilocos area in Luzon on July 18, 1749, with a crew of thirty-three men under Captain A-lun-shih. Her destination was Amoy, Fukien, where she was to take on a cargo of Yung-ch'un linen.
    • 1979, Thomas G. Rawski, Economic Growth and Employment in China, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 11:
      Local industry in Fukien's Yung-ch'un County is developing rapidly. About 90 percent of the county's farm and subsidiary products are now processed by machine, saving 1.1 million man-days.

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