Kityang

English Etymology en yue - 揭陽 kit3 joeng4. Pronunciation kĭt′yäng′ kēt′yŭrn′Kityang 957 3 Kityang (kĭt′yäng′, Cantonese kēt′yŭrn′), Proper noun en Jieyang: the Cantonese-derived name. en 1907 Jacob Speicher China and the Problems of the Far East The Conquest of the Cross in China https://archive.org/details/conquestofcrossi00spei/ London; Edinburgh w:Fleming H. Revell Company 3398915 54 https://archive.org/details/conquestofcrossi00spei/page/54/ The coolie class from Kityang and Swatow Districts emigrated in large numbers to the French possessions of Anam and Cochin-China, a fact which gave the French colonial officials the opportunity of exercising a great influence in the Swatow District. Sometimes these emigrants would return to their native country as French subjects or converts of the Roman Catholic Church and would be a source of annoyance to the government, which, of course, could exercise no authority over them. en 1946 Ada P. Stearns The Magnolia Tree is Blooming: Missionary Service during the War Years 1937-1945 https://archive.org/details/magnoliatreeisbl00unse/mode/2up New York Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 6 https://archive.org/details/magnoliatreeisbl00unse/page/6/mode/2up Dr. Clara C. Leach felt rewarded for her determination to reach the field. In 1941 just as war was declared, she arrived at the port city of Swatow, forty miles from Kityang. References