Jiyang
English
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉陽 / 吉阳.
Proper noun
Jiyang
- A district of Sanya, Hainan, China.
- 2000, Shuhui Yang, Yunqin Yang, transl., compiled by Feng Menglong, Stories Old and New: A Ming Dynasty Collection[1], Seattle, London: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 689, 777:
- Our story takes place in the Qiandao reign period. In Sui’an County of Yanzhou, there lived a rich man named Wang Fu, courtesy name Shizhong, who had passed the local examinations. With his wealth and power, he ran the affairs of the region with an iron hand and held the officials under his influence. A true local despot he was. However, he killed someone and, because he came up against a powerful adversary, was banished to Jiyang District⁶ in the far south.
Translations
district
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Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 濟陽 / 济阳.
Proper noun
Jiyang
Translations
district
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Further reading
- Jiyang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[2], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 3