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An-Yang

An-Yang is the alternative form of Anyang.

Meaning of Anyang

Proper noun

Anyang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
    • Research on the oracle bones, scientific excavations at Anyang and elsewhere, and other investigations and discoveries have not served merely to thow light on the civilization of late Shang and early Chou times.1936, Herrlee Glessner Creel, “Notes on Professors Karlgren's System for Dating Chinese Bronzes”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Stephen Austin and Sons, page 463
  2. A county of Anyang, Henan, China.
    • In May 2002, a provincial-level legal investigation determined that Mr. Qin should be released. He was given a suite at a hotel. The Anyang County police organized a banquet.2005 September 21, Joseph Kahn, “Deep Flaws, and Little Justice, in China's Court System”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015, Asia Pacific
  3. A town in Hubei, China.

Proper noun capitalized: An-yang

An-yang

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Anyang.
    • There exist specimens from An-yang, the capital of the later kings of that dynasty, which can only be dated to that period of bronze decoration to which Professor Yetts has applied the term "First Phase," historically the latter part of the Shang-Yin and early part of the Chou dynasties (Antiquity...1939, C. G. Seligman, “The Roman Orient and the Far East”, in Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Government Printing Office, page 549
    • Barnard, basing his researches on former investigations of Orvar Karlbeck, Shih Chang-ju, and others and on recent Chinese mainland archaeological reports, has dealt with early Chinese furnaces, crucibles, and ingot molds discovered at An-yang and other early sites in China.1969, Rutherford John Gettens, The Freer Chinese Bronzes, volume 2, Washington, D.C.: Meriden Gravure Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16

Origin of An-Yang

From Mandarin 安陽／安阳 (Ānyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-Yang².

From Mandarin 安陽／安阳 (Ānyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-yang².

Questions about An-Yang

What is An-Yang the alternative form of?
An-Yang is the alternative form of Anyang.
What part of speech is An-Yang?
An-Yang is a proper noun.

Words near An-Yang in the dictionary

  1. An-k'ang
  2. An-lu
  3. An-peng
  4. An-shan
  5. An-t'u
  6. An-Yang
  7. ana
  8. Ana Cuenca
  9. ana-
  10. Anaang
  11. anabaena

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