Yongding

English

Alternative forms

• Yung-ting (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永定 (Yǒngdìng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋ.dɪŋ/, enPR: yo͝ongʹdǐngʹ

Proper noun

Yongding

1. A district of Longyan, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
   • 2003 August 17, David W. Chen, “A China Odyssey Sheds Light on a Murky Past, and Hints at the Future”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-02-20, World‎^[3]:

     It was never easy to get in or out of Chen Dong, in the rugged and mountainous southwestern corner of Yongding County in Fujian Province, near the border with Guangdong Province. For most of the 20th century, there were no paved roads in the area, so walking to the nearest town could take days.

   • 2017 October 17, “Inside Fujian’s Unesco-listed Hakka roundhouses: their history, architecture and why heritage status is mixed blessing”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 October 2017, Travel & Leisure‎^[5]:

     Communal packed-earth buildings in China date back 6,000 years, but tulou took the style to a whole new level both in scale and sophistication. In 2008, Unesco recognised their importance and gave 46 buildings a World Heritage listing. Three clusters of tulou – Hongkeng, Gaobei and Chuxi – in Yongding district, near the border with Guangdong, account for 21 of them. However, the Lin elders tell me the listing has done little to help them, and tulou in various states of disrepair dot the countryside.

2. A district of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.
   • 2008 July 2, Shipeng Guo, Benjamin Kang Lim, “China man blows up govt office and injures 12”, in Ben Tan, editor, Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on 2023-04-23, World News‎^[7]:

     A government official in the Yongding district in Zhangjiajie, which oversees the suburban Xixiping neighbourhood, confirmed the blast but declined to give further details.

Synonyms

• (from Hokkien) Engteng

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 永定 (zh) (Yǒngdìng)

• French: Yongding
• German: Yongding
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Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yongding”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3531, column 2