Yandang
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 雁蕩 / 雁荡 (Yàndàng, literally “Wild Goose Pond”).
Proper noun
Yandang
- A town in Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- A nearby mountain.
- 2004, Treasures of China[1], Reader's Digest, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255, column 1:
- Yandang Mountain is situated in Leqing County, Zhejiang. The leading peak, Yanhugang (Wild Goose Lake Peak), lies 3432 ft. (1046 m) above sea level.
- 2024 May 7, Lilit Marcus, Wayne Chang, “Chinese climbers stuck on cliff for more than an hour due to overcrowding”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 07 May 2024, Travel[3]:
- Earlier this week, groups of travelers climbing Yandang Mountain in eastern China were stuck partway up a cliff, clinging to a rope along a fixed climbing route, for more than an hour.
- The surrounding range of mountains.
Translations
town, mountains
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yandang Moutain”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3513, column 3