Ku-ch'eng
English
Map including Ku-ch'eng (DMA, 1975)
Etymology
From Mandarin 穀城／谷城 (Gǔchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ku³-chʻêng².
Proper noun
Ku-ch'eng
- Alternative form of Gucheng
- 1903 March, Miss Black, “The Work at Lao-ho-k'eo.”, in China's Millions, volume XI, number 3, China Inland Mission, OCLC 70993138, page 34, column 2:
- In 1897 Ku-ch'eng Hsien, a city lying some fourteen miles below Lao-ho-k'eo, was opened as an out-station, and an evangelist sent down for permanent work.
- [1948, Bernward H. Willeke, Imperial Government and Catholic Missions in China during the Years 1784-1785 (Missiology Series), St. Bonaventure, N.Y.: Franciscan Institute Publications, Academy Press, OCLC 2357643, OL 6061160M, page 122:
- Thus we hear of searches for Father Ts’ai in Pa-tung* County in southwest Hupeh,²⁷ and in Ku-ch’êng* and Hsiang-yang Counties in northern Hupeh.]
- 1960, Economic Geography of Central China: Hupeh, Hunan, Kiangsi : Communist China, United States Joint Publications Research Service, OCLC 1039580370, page 51:
- The people and army from the north entered the northern part of Hupeh (north of Hsiang-yang, Ku-ch'eng and Chu-shan) during the Ch'in and Han dynasties to engage in the work of reclamation.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ku-ch'eng.
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Translations
Gucheng — see Gucheng
Anagrams
- chungke