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Macheng
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Ma-ch'eng
English
Alternative forms
en Ma-ch'eng Wade-Giles
Etymology
The Postal Map romanization romanization of the en cmn 麻城.
Pronunciation
mä′chŭng′Macheng or Ma-ch’eng 1108 1 Macheng or Ma-ch’eng (mä′chŭng′),
en Ma cheng
Proper noun
en county-level city prefecture-level city/Huanggang p/Hubei c/China.
en 1669 1665 John Nievhoff w:John Ogilby An embassy from the East-India Company An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/ nl John Macock London 407084353 14 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n25/ Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci. on
en https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.10623/ January 4, 1943 JAPS CAPTURE MACHENG w:The Bombay Chronicle XXXI 2 Bombay 1 https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.10623/ A Chinese Communique reports that the Japanese have captured Macheng in eastern Hupeh.
en MAY 28, 2007 China bus plunge kills seven children https://web.archive.org/web/20220510150802/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK241956 10 May 2022 w:Reuters Latest Crisis The minibus was hit by a truck loaded with bricks in Macheng in Hubei province, Xinhua said. Fourteen children were injured.
en
en town district/Duodao prefecture-level city/Jingmen p/Hubei c/China.
Translations
a county-level city in central China; a town in central China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 麻城
Mandarin: cmn 麻城 Máchéng
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
en 1998 Macheng Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1822 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1822/ 2
en 2-syllable words