Xiangyang

Xiangyang

See also: xiàngyàng and Xiàngyáng

English

Alternative forms

• (postal romanization) Siangyang, Siang-yang
• (from Wade–Giles) Hsiang-yang

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation for 襄陽／襄阳 (Xiāngyáng).

Proper noun

Xiangyang

1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
   • [1974, Alley, Rewi, “Two Ancient Strategic Cities—Chinchow and Laohokow”, in Eastern Horizon‎, volume XIII, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, ISSN 0012-8813, OCLC 751117974, page 53, column 1:

     The tunnel has been lined with reinforced concrete, the work over each of the first two winters taking 200,000 commune folk of Kwanghua and Hsiangyang.]

Translations

prefecture-level city in central China

Chinese: Mandarin: 襄陽 (zh), 襄阳 (zh) (Xiāngyáng) Hungarian: Hsziangjang Japanese: please add this translation if you can