Ankang

See also: ānkāng, ànkāng, and An-k'ang

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Etymology

From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑːnˈkɑŋ/
  • enPR: änʹkängʹ[1]

Proper noun

Ankang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
    • 1934 August 11, The China Weekly Review[2], volume 69, number 11, →OCLC, page 432, column 2:
      The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and Hanyin-Paiho Highways. Survey work is to be started soon.
    • 1972, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map[3], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 230:
      The Han Shui valley in the extreme south, with the subregional towns of Hanchung and Ankang, and the entire northern section of Shensi remain without rail transportation.
    • 2013 October 3, “Giant Hornets Kill Dozens in China”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 October 2013, Asia Pacific‎[5]:
      Hornet attacks have been reported elsewhere in China as well. Last month, a swarm attacked a primary school in the Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern China, injuring 30 people, including 23 children. But the most serious attacks, according to the state-run news media, have taken place in rural areas near Ankang City, in the southeastern part of Shaanxi Province.

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  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Ankang or An-k’ang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 74, column 3

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