Zhanjiang
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湛江 (Zhànjiāng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑn.dʒɑŋ/, /ˈdʒæn-/, /-dʒi.ɑŋ/, /-dʒæŋ/, /-dʒi.æŋ/
- enPR: jänʹjyängʹ[1]
Proper noun
Zhanjiang
- A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
- [1989, Patrick Reynolds, Tom Shachtman, “Smith and Libby”, in The Gilded Leaf[2], Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155:
- On April 4, he made the hop from Haiphong to Fort-Bayard (present-day Chanchiang, China) but almost ditched and had to lighten the plane by throwing things overboard.]
- 2018 October 17, “Philippine navy vessel to take part in exercises in China”, in EFE[3], archived from the original on 17 October 2018:
- Personnel stood in formation as they bid farewell to their family and friends during a ceremony at the port to send the cargo ship and its crew off on its journey to Zhanjiang, southern China, where the ACMEX maneuvers will be held, an epa-efe journalist reports.
Synonyms
Translations
city in Guangdong, China
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chankiang or Chan-chiang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 370, column 3
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhanjiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3562, column 1