Ruoqiang
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Etymology[edit]
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 若羌 (Ruòqiāng).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ruoqiang
- A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China
- 2022 May 24, John Feng, “Satellite Images Hint at China's Taiwan Invasion Plans”, in Newsweek[2], archived from the original on 25 May 2022, World[3]:
- 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.
- A town in Ruoqiang, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Synonyms[edit]
- (from Uyghur) Qakilik, Charkhlik, Charklik
- Erh-ch'iang
Translations[edit]
county in western China
References[edit]
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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)
Further reading[edit]
- Ruoqiang, Jochiang at Google Ngram Viewer
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Ruoqiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2670, column 3: “The name sometimes spelled as Qarkilik or Charkhlik.”
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