Ch'ien-t'ang

Proper noun

Qiantang

1. A river in China, flowing north and east through Zhejiang into Hangzhou Bay.
   • In the Province of Chekiang, near the chief City of Hangcheu, runs a River, which in regard of its courſe, is called ſometimes Che, at other times Cientang, and in ſome places Cingan.[1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 238
2. (historical) A former name of Hangzhou, China.