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Ankang
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ānkāng ànkāng An-k'ang
English
Alternative forms
en An-k'ang Wade-Giles
Etymology
From en cmn ^安康.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɑːnˈkɑŋ/
änʹkängʹen 1952 Ankang or An-k’ang Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 74 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/74/ 3
en An kang
Proper noun
en prefecture-level city province/Shaanxi c/China.
en August 11, 1934 The China Weekly Review https://archive.org/details/millards-1934.08.11/ 69 11 52770868 432 https://archive.org/details/millards-1934.08.11/page/432/ 2 The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and Hanyin-Paiho Highways. Survey work is to be started soon.
en 1972 Theodore Shabad China's Changing Map https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/ New York w:Frederick A. Praeger 71-178868 482667885 230 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/230/ The Han Shui valley in the extreme south, with the subregional towns of Hanchung and Ankang, and the entire northern section of Shensi remain without rail transportation.
en October 3, 2013 Giant Hornets Kill Dozens in China w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20131006150930/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/world/asia/crews-seek-to-destroy-hornets-that-have-killed-dozens-in-china.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific https://archive.is/cATNo Hornet attacks have been reported elsewhere in China as well. Last month, a swarm attacked a primary school in the Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern China, injuring 30 people, including 23 children. But the most serious attacks, according to the state-run news media, have taken place in rural areas near Ankang City, in the southeastern part of Shaanxi Province.
Derived terms
en ankangite
Translations
prefecture-level city
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 安康
Mandarin: cmn 安康 Ānkāng
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
Ankang, An-k'ang, An-kang
en 2008 Ankang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 140 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/140/ 2
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