Shiyan

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 十堰 (Shíyàn).

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Shiyan

  1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
    • [1978 November 21 [1978 November 12], “Hupeh Autumn Sowing”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China[1], volume I, number 225, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 7:
      Huangkang and Yunyang prefectures and Wuhan and Shihyen municipalities have fulfilled 85 percent of the autumn sowing plans for summer grain.]
    • 1979 March, Rewi Alley, “Yunyang and Xiangyang Prefectures in Northwestern Hubei in 1978”, in Eastern Horizon[2], volume XVIII, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:
      The big influx of workers into the Shiyan municipality where the administration of the prefecture lies, makes for dominance of the common language, for there are workers from Shanghai, Jiangsu(Kiangsu), and many other places come together.

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