Xianghe

See also: xiānghé, xiānghè, xiánghé, and Xiānghé

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 香河 (Xiānghé).

Proper noun

Xianghe

1. A county of Langfang, Hebei, China.
   • 2016 [2014 April 19], “Urban and Rural”, in David Shambaugh, editor, The China Reader: Rising Power‎^[1], 6th edition, Oxford University Press, sourced from The Economist, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 216, column 2:

     Xianghe County to which the “new city” belongs, is in Hebei province, about 45 kilometers (30 miles) east of Beijing. Like almost every other local government in China, Xianghe’s has an urbanization target: 60% by 2017, up from around 50% today and ahead of the national target of 60% by 2020.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香河 (zh) (Xiānghé)