襄陽

Surprisingly unclear.

襄 (xiāng) is speculated to imply "tall and prone to floods", which is recorded in the Book of Documents. The city precincts received chronic floods up until the 1930's.

The term 陽／阳 (yáng, “sunny”) is typically used to refer to establishments on the north bank of a river or the south side of a mountain. Xiangyang is, however, situated north of Mount Hua and on the south bank of the Han River. The settlement north of the Han is Fancheng).

Several theories have been proposed, though very little geographical evidence has been found for any of them. Some include:

• The Han River may have flowed south of Xiangyang, hence the modern-day bend just east of the city
• There was a small river called the Xiang that used to flow south of the city
• There was a "Mount Xiang" in the past that was north of Xiangyang

襄陽

1. (～市) Xiangyang (a prefecture-level city of Hubei, China)
2. (～區) (historical) Xiangyang (a district of Xiangfan, Hubei, China)
3. (～郡) Yangyang (a county of Gangwon Province, South Korea)

• 襄樊 (Xiāngfán)

• → English: Xiangyang, Siangyang, Siang-yang, Hsiang-yang

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 襄陽 / 襄阳 (Xiāngyáng),^[1] applying the expected Japanese readings of the characters.

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːjo̞ː]

襄(じょう)陽(よう) • (Jōyō) ^{←じやうやう (Zyauyau)?}

1. Xiangyang (a prefecture-level city of Hubei, China)

Borrowing from Korean 襄陽 (Yang'yang), the name of a county in Gangwon Province, South Korean

• IPA^(key): [jã̠ɰ̃jã̠ɴ]

襄(やん)陽(やん) • (Yan'yan) 

1. Yangyang (a county of Gangwon Province, South Korea)

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 襄陽 (Yang'yang),^[1] applying the expected Japanese readings of the characters.

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːjo̞ː]

襄(じょう)陽(よう) • (Jōyō) ^{←じやうやう (Zyauyau)?}

1. Yangyang (a county of Gangwon Province, South Korea)