Mu-tan-chiang
English
Map including MU-TAN-CHIANG (DMA, 1975)
Etymology
From Mandarin 牡丹江 (Mǔdānjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Mu³-tan¹-chiang¹.[1][2]
Proper noun
Mu-tan-chiang
- Alternative form of Mudanjiang
- 1888, James, H. E. M., The Long White Mountain or A Journey in Manchuria, Longmans, Green, and Co., OCLC 51356830, page 5:
- The principal rivers are the Yalu or Ai-chiang, the Tumen or Kaoli-chiang, the Sungari or Sung-hua-chiang, the Nonni, and the Hurka or Mu-tan-chiang.
- 1965, Alexey Okladnikov, The Soviet Far East in Antiquity: An Archaeological and Historical Study of the Maritime Region of the U.S.S.R., University of Toronto Press, OCLC 640541367, OL 5975762M, page 183:
- The balanced planning of the ancient city on the Mu-tan-chiang corresponds on the whole to the layout of the capital of the T'ang Dynasty, Ch'ang-an. The same street plans are found in the ancient capitals of Japan, Nara and Kyoto, built on the Chinese model.
- 1978, Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia, volume 20, H. S. Stuttman Inc., →ISBN, OCLC 317252552, page 2701:
- The key to the front was the town of Mu-tan-chiang, where the Japanese 5th Army (Lieutenant-General N. Shimizu) had concentrated.
- 2012, A. A. Evans, David Gibbons, The Illustrated Timeline of World War II, New York: Rosen Publishing, →ISBN, LCCN 2011007015, OCLC 706677503, page 247:
- Aug 11-16, 1945 Russians take Mu-tan-chiang, key position in the east, after a see-saw battle
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Translations
Mudanjiang — see Mudanjiang
References
- Mudanjiang, Wade-Giles romanization Mu-tan-chiang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, pages 345, 358:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Mutankiang (Mu-tan-chiang, Mudanjiang)
Further reading
- Mu-tan-chiang at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “Mu-tan-chiang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary