Zhangjiajie
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English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張家界 / 张家界 (Zhāngjiājiè).
Proper noun
Zhangjiajie
- A prefecture-level city in Hunan, China.
- 2011 December 16, Michael Wines, “Revolt Begins Like Others, but Its End Is Less Certain”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-12-18:
- In 2007, the Southern Weekly newspaper alleged irregularities in a hotel construction contract awarded to the company by a district government in Zhangjiajie, in Hunan Province.
- 2015 December 16, Rachel Feltman, “Scientists find a 200 year old giant salamander just chilling”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 17, 2015, Speaking of Science:
- The salamanders are considered a delicacy. In September, a three-day festival in the city of Zhangjiajie celebrated the propertied health benefits of the ancient species, which has lived largely unchanged since the Jurassic period. There's no scientific evidence to support the claims that eating the salamander or using skin products or medicines made from its body have any positive effects on human health, but desire for the traditional treat persists.
Translations
prefecture-level city
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhangjiajie”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3561, column 3