Zhijiang

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See also: zhǐjiāng and Zhījiāng

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 枝江 (Zhījiāng).

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Zhijiang

  1. A county-level city in Yichang, Hubei, China.
    • , London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:
      Kingcheu commands over thirteen Cities, as Kingcheu, Cunggan, Xexeu, Kienli, Sungki, Chikiang, Iling, Changyang, Itu, Juengan, Quei, Hingxan, Patung.]
    • , Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 117:
      Floods in the middle Yangtse were frequent in the past. The Yangtse carries less silt than the Yellow River. But under the old regimes, the Chingkiang section (the section of the middle Yangtse between Chihchiang County in Hupeh Province and Chenglingchi in Hunan Province), the shores of the Tungting Lake and the lower teaches of the Han Shui were frequently flooded, causing great damage to the vast plain of Hupeh and Hunan.]
    • , numbers 1-12, →OCLC, page 41:
      However, Hsinch'ang District, Chihchiang County, Hupei Province is well known for its use of the ox-drawn, three-bladed cultivator in cotton farming.]
    • 2020 January 24 [2020 January 23], “Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs in China, and a Lockdown Widens”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-01-24:
      By evening, officials planned to also close off Huanggang, a city of seven million about 30 miles east of Wuhan, shut rail stations in the nearby city of Ezhou, which has about one million residents, and impose travel restrictions on the smaller cities of Chibi and Zhijiang.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chihkiang or Chih-chiang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 392, column 3

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