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Wugang

Syllables: Wu·gang

Wugang proper noun: a county-level city of Shaoyang, Hunan, China.

Proper noun (1)

Wugang

  1. A county-level city of Shaoyang, Hunan, China.
    • (Chao Han-ching) is deputy secretary of the CCP committee of Wukang County, Hunan, and (Chao Ying-shan) is secretary of the committee.[1971 August 20 [1971 August 18], “Hunan County CCP Officials”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 162, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Changsha Hunan...
    • Hengjiang Village is nestled in the lush mountains of China's Hunan province, just a few kilometers from the bustling city of Wugang.2009 September 2, Emily Chang, “Plants shut for lead poisoning in south China; thousands sickened”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2009

Proper noun (2)

Wugang

  1. A county-level city of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
    • Fraud
      Wu-kang district (舞鋼區), Honan province, lies between P'ing-ting-shan city (平頂山市) and Hsü-ch'ang city (許昌市), and[...][1980, China News Analysis, numbers 1181-1201, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5
    • The incidents occurred in Henan Province in an area known to have many "house churches."[…]
      Mr. Zhang said that 40 worshipers at a house church were arrested on Oct. 26 in the city of Wugang and that more than 100 were detained on Nov. 5 in Nanyang.1998 November 11, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “China Detains 140 From 2 Protestant Groups”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, Section A, page 5

Examples of Wugang in a sentence

  • On October 26, 1998, the PSB assaulted a group of 40 at a house gathering, in Liuwan Village of Wugong County near Wugang City in Henan Province.2006, Michael D. Suman, The Church in China: One Lord Two Systems, Bangalore, India: SAIACS, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 338:
  • Wugang in Henan Province announced a citywide lockdown starting July 11, making it the latest Chinese city to enact strict mobility curbs amid the country’s ongoing Covid flareup.2022 July 12, “China Locks Down a Steel Hub For Three Days on One Covid Case”, in Bloomberg News, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2022:

Origin of Wugang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 武岡 /武冈 (Wǔgāng).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 舞鋼 /舞钢 (Wǔgāng).

Questions about Wugang

What does Wugang mean?
Wugang means a county-level city of Shaoyang, Hunan, China.
How do you use Wugang in a sentence?
On October 26, 1998, the PSB assaulted a group of 40 at a house gathering, in Liuwan Village of Wugong County near Wugang City in Henan Province.
What part of speech is Wugang?
Wugang is a proper noun.

Words near Wugang in the dictionary

  1. WuFlu
  2. Wufong
  3. wug
  4. wug word
  5. wug words
  6. Wugang
  7. Wuggers
  8. Wuggins
  9. wugim
  10. Wugong
  11. wugs

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