Changde
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 常德 (Chángdé).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Changde
- A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
- [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China[3], London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:
- Changte commands over four Cities, as Changte, Taoyuen, Lungyang, Juenkiang.]
- 2021 August 4, Sui-Lee Wee, Elsie Chen, “After Months as a Covid Success Story, China Tries to Tame Delta”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 August 2021[5]:
- Three other tourists from Zhangjiajie later traveled to the central city of Changde, taking a river cruise with dozens of other people. About 27 infections in at least six places have been linked to the boat ride.
Translations
prefecture-level city
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Changteh or Ch’ang-te”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 370, column 2
- ^ “Ch’ang-te or Chang·teh”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas[2], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 146, column 1
Further reading
- “Changde”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Changde, Changteh, Ch'ang-te at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Changde”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Changde”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Changde” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Changde”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 725, column 1