Ankang
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑːnˈkɑŋ/
Proper noun
Ankang
- A prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, China.
- 1934 August 11, The China Weekly Review, volume 69, number 11, OCLC 52770868, page 432, column 2:
- The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and Hanyin-Paiho Highways. Survey work is to be started soon.
- 1972, Shabad, Theodore, China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, page 230:
- The Han Shui valley in the extreme south, with the subregional towns of Hanchung and Ankang, and the entire northern section of Shensi remain without rail transportation.
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Derived terms
- ankangite
Translations
prefecture-level city
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Anagrams
- nangka