Ruoqiang
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Jochiang, Jo-chiang, Jo-ch'iang
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 若羌 (Ruòqiāng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɹwoʊˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/
Proper noun
Ruoqiang
- A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China
- 2022 May 24, Feng, John, “Satellite Images Hint at China's Taiwan Invasion Plans”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 25 May 2022:
- The satellite photo captured on May 13 in Xinjiang's Ruoqiang county shows the dummy target with twin engines and a large, disc-shaped radar on its fuselage parked on a runway. It appears to be surrounded by a number of smaller fighter aircraft.
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- A town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Synonyms
- (from Uyghur) Qakilik, Charkhlik, Charklik
- Erh-ch'iang
Translations
county in western China
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References
- Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, pages 345, 353:
- 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 […] Jochiang (Jo-ch'iang, Ruoqiang)