Yueyang
See also: Yuèyáng
English
Alternative forms
- Yueh-yang (Wade–Giles)
- Yoyang (dated)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 岳陽 / 岳阳 (Yuèyáng).
Proper noun
Yueyang
- A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
- [1982, Roy M. Stanley II, “The Land War in China”, in Prelude to Pearl Harbor[1], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 128, column 1:
- Japanese troops were pulled to Yuehyang, at the junction of the Hsiang and Yangtze rivers, from Hunan, Honan, and Hupeh provinces.]
- [1999, Chiang Kuei, translated by Timothy A. Ross, A Translation of the Chinese Novel Chung-yang (Rival Suns) by Chiang Kuei (1908-1980)[2], Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 342:
- In his capacity as Thief-punishing General, after the grand birthday celebrations in Hankow, he transferred his headquarters to Yüeh-yang.]
- A county of Yueyang City, Hunan, China.
- 2011, Frank Dikötter, Mao's Great Famine[3], Bloomsbury, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 170:
- In Yueyang county, Hunan, some 22,000 people lost their homes during the building of Tieshan Reservoir.
Synonyms
- (historical) Yochow
Translations
prefecture-level city or county of Hunan, China
Further reading
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yoyang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[4], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2127, column 3: “Until 1913 called Yochow. Sometimes written Yüehyang.”
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yueyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3537, column 3