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Shayang

Syllables: Sha·yang

Shayang proper noun: a county of Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Shayang

  1. A county of Jingmen, Hubei, China.
    • But the greatest catastrophe has befallen the neighborhood of Shayang, about 110 miles higher up the river.1910 November 11, “Flood Disaster in the Han Valley”, in Victoria Daily Colonist, volume CIII, number 289, Victoria, British Columbia, →ISSN, page 14
    • Sha-yang is in the centre of Hupeh and; 120 miles west of Hankow, and has a population of about 60,000.[1911 March 4, “Trampled to Death in Rush for Food”, in New York Times, volume LX, number 19,397, page 4
  2. A town in Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Forms of Shayang

alternative formSha-yang

Origin of Shayang

From the postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 沙洋 (Shāyáng).

Questions about Shayang

What does Shayang mean?
Shayang means a county of Jingmen, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Shayang?
Shayang is a proper noun.

Words near Shayang in the dictionary

  1. shaya root
  2. shaya roots
  3. shayak
  4. shayaks
  5. Shayan
  6. Shayang
  7. Shayar
  8. shayatin
  9. Shaydon
  10. Shaye
  11. shaygets

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