Hanyang

Proper noun

Hanyang

1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.
   • In the Countrey of Huquang, near to the City of Hanyang, is a Tower called Xelenhoa, which far excels all other the like Structures, in Art and Coſtlineſs.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, page 227
   • Not a hundred yards from where I sat were four field-guns—deadly four-inchers, the modem Krupp—sending shells into Hanyang as fast as the gunners were able to work. The booming shook the whole city, sending frightened children to their mothers, themselves at their wits’ ends with fear....1912, Edwin J. Dingle, China’s Revolution 1911-1912: A Historical and Political Record of the Civil War, London: T. Fisher Unwin, →OCLC, page 74
2. (historical) Synonym of Seoul.
   • Yoo Se-poong (Kim Min-jae) and the motley crew of the Gyesu Clinic are back in business and this time they are plying their trade in the streets and palaces of Hanyang, the capital of South Korea’s Joseon dynasty that is today known as Seoul.2023 January 16, “K-drama Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2: period medical drama starring Kim Min-jae moves from countryside to royal palace”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC...
   • Three quarters of a mile into the walk, you’ll be standing atop the first of three mountains, the 1,100-foot-high Inwangsan. You’ll see signs for “Hanyangdoseong,” as the wall is known in Korean (“Hanyang” is the historic name for Seoul).2023 June 19, Victoria Kim, “A Walk in Seoul: Following the Fortress Wall”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2023

   Synonyms:

   Seoul