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Hengyang

Syllables: Heng·yang

Hengyang proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.

Proper noun

Hengyang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
    • A publication circulated recently in the Hengyang area of Hunan Province called on the mainland people to rise against Communism to uphold freedom and democracy, an intelligence report from the mainland said.1979 July 15, “Publication for freedom”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
    • This is not the first time a city in China has clamped down on Christmas merriment. Last December, Hengyang, a city in Hunan province, issued a stern notice asking Communist Party officials and their relatives to “resist the rampant Western festival.”2018 December 19, Tiffany May, “Chinese City Bans Christmas Displays Amid Religious Crackdown”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2018, Asia Pacific
  2. A county of Hengyang, Hunan, China.

Forms of Hengyang

alternative formHeng-yang

Origin of Hengyang

Borrowed from Mandarin 衡陽 /衡阳 (Héngyáng).

Questions about Hengyang

What does Hengyang mean?
Hengyang means a prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
What part of speech is Hengyang?
Hengyang is a proper noun.

Words near Hengyang in the dictionary

  1. hengs
  2. Hengshan
  3. Hengshui
  4. Hengst
  5. Hengsts
  6. Hengyang
  7. Hengzhou
  8. Henham
  9. henhearted
  10. henhood
  11. henhouse

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