Nanchang
See also: nánchāng, Nánchāng, and Nan-ch'ang
English
Etymology 1
c. 1600s, from the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 南昌 (Nánchāng, “Southern Prosperity”).
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Nan-ch'ang
Pronunciation
- enPR: nänʹchängʹ
Proper noun
Nanchang
- A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, China.
- 1655, F. Alvarez Semedo, “Bellum Tartaricum”, in The History of That Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, E. Tyler, page 290:
- But whilſt he was beſieging this City, there came, unfortunately, a new Army of Tartars from the Imperiall City of Peking , which had order to recover this Province of Kiangſi; and therefore Kinus was forced to raiſe his Siege to oppoſe their entrance by the Northern parts of the Country; And at firſt having a vaſt Army, and uſed to the Tartarian warfare, he fought both valiantly and happily; but not being able to ſuſtain any longer their redoubled violent aſſaults, he was forced to retire for his ſecurity to Nanchang, the chief City of that County; which City the Tartars durſt not venture to take by force, but reſolved to reduce it by a long Siege; for which end they gathered together a Company of Country Clowns to make a large and ſpacious Trench round about the City to the River, and there they placed Ships ſo as no Proviſion could poſſibly enter. This City of Nanchang is great and extremely full of inhabitants, beſides the multitude of Souldiers which defended it at that time; ſo as although Kinus had made great Proviſion for a Siege, yet after ſome moneths he came to great want and pennury; and yet he held it out though many dyed, expecting ſtil some ſuccours from the Emperor Fungley, which could not be sent;
- 1669, Nievhoff, John, John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, page 67:
- The next day, being the 23. of April, we came in ſight of the firſt chief City of Nanchang, which is alſo called by ſome according to the name of the Province Kiangſi, where this is ſituated.
- 1693, Robert Morden, “Of China”, in Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World, 3rd edition, page 440:
- Kiangſi is divided into thirteen Countries, containing 67 Cities ; the chief whereof is Nanchang , once the Metropolis of the Empire : Iaocheu, Quansin, Kicukiang, Kienchang, Linkiang, Kiegan, Kancheu, are other chief Cities.
- 1703 February 10, Father De Chavagnac, “Father De Chavagnac, to Father Le Gobien”, in Tavels of the Jesuits, Footcheoo-foo, page 302:
- From Cancheu to Nanchang the Country is exceedingly beautiful, fruitful, and populous.
- 1881, Sixty-Fifth Annual Report of the American Bible Society, New York, page 122:
- On the 31st of July he arrived at Kiukiang, and in August, in company with the Rev. C. V. Hart, Superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Mission, visited Nanchang, the capital of Kiangsi, which had been entered by Protestant missionaries but twice before, and in two days he sold 300 Portions.
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- A village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Translations
a city in southeastern China
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Etymology 2
From the Mandarin pronunciation of 南漳 (Nánzhāng).
Proper noun
Nanchang
- Alternative form of Nanzhang
- 1965 April 8, “HUPEH PEASANTS' MEETING”, in Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 67, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, OCLC 1541329, page DDD 8:
- Another representative, from Nanchang county, said: "Our worker brothers work harder than we do, and are genuinely meritorious. We must learn from them."
- 1975, Study of Proletarian Dictatorship in a Hupeh County (Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East), volume 3, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, ISSN 0960-0388, OCLC 10807079:
- Leading members of Nanchang County CCP Committee have seriously studied the Marxist theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat in connection with the actual situation in the current class and line struggles.
- 1978 November 15, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN HUPEH (TRANSLATIONS ON PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA), number 467, United States Joint Publications Research Service, page 57:
- Nanchang County Chemical Fertilizer Plant produced 1,547 tons of nitrogenous fertilizer in July, a record month.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nanchang.
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Descendants
- Translingual: Hupehsuchus nanchangensis