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Lienkong
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English
thumb|Map including Lienkong (1917)
thumb|Map including LIEN-CHIANG (LIENKONG) zh 連江 and surrounding region (Army Map Service AMS, 1954)
Etymology
From the en zh-postal -en 1915 March Index to the New Map of China (In English and Chinese). https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/ Second Shanghai Far Eastern Geographical Establishment 829435521 41 https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/page/41/ The romanisation adopted isthat used by the Chinese Post Office.Lienkong zh 連江縣 Fukien zh 福建 26.16N 119.32E of en cdo - 連江 Lièng-gŏng.
Pronunciation
lyěnʹgôngʹ
Proper noun
en Lianjiang.
en 1921 L. A. Bauer; et al. Land and Magnetic Observations 1914-1920 https://archive.org/details/carnegieinstitut17504carn/p Washington, D.C. w:Carnegie Institution of Washington 2484404 128 https://archive.org/details/carnegieinstitut17504carn/page/128/ On November 23 a long stage of 100 li (35.7 miles) was made to Lienkong, where the party arrived long after dark.
en May 23, 1945 Chinese Expand New Drive on East Coast Manila Free Philippines https://archive.org/details/ManilaFreePhilippinesPart2/ III 24 Manila 32267521 1 https://archive.org/details/ManilaFreePhilippinesPart2/page/n80/ 5 On the east China coast, onrushing Chinese forces captured Manoi, Min river estuary coastal town nine miles east of Foochow. Other forces, driving northeast from Foochow, were reported at the outskirts of Lienkong on the coast.
en https://archive.org/details/ManilaFreePhilippinesPart2/ 1946 The New International Year Book w:Funk & Wagnalls 689 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.180018/page/n755/ Within a few days the Japanese received reinforcements from Lienkong and Mamoi, so that on the night of May 13 the Chinese were forced out of the city.
en Lienchiang.
Translations
Lianjiang
Lienchiang
References
Further reading
en 1952 Lienkong Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1052 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1052/ 2