Jingyang

See also: jǐngyǎng, jìngyǎng, Jīngyáng, and Jǐngyáng

English

Alternative forms

• Ching-yang (Wade–Giles)
• Kingyang

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 涇陽／泾阳 (Jīngyáng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪŋˈjæŋ/

Proper noun

Jingyang

1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1951 November 21, “Atrocity report backfires, leaves U.S. allies jittery”, in National Guardian‎^[1], volume 4, number 5, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Too busy to concern themselves with war propagandists’ nightmares,. but resolved to defend their newly-won right to the pursuit of happiness, these women of a mutual-aid team in Chingyang County, Shensi Province, chat about what they plan te do with their good cotton harvest this year.]

   • 2018 January 24, Xianyang CCC&TSPM of Shaanxi, “New Ark-shaped Church Completed in Shaanxi”, in Karen Luo, transl., China Christian Daily‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 February 2018‎^[3]:

     Located in Jinghe New City, Jingyang County, Xianyang, Shaanxi, the church has a sanctuary with a seating capacity of over 1,000 and the space between the sanctuary and the offices can accommodate an additional 300.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涇陽／泾阳 (zh) (Jīngyáng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jingyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1450, column 3