Xiangcheng
Syllables: Xiang·cheng
Xiangcheng proper noun: a district of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Proper noun (1)
Xiangcheng
Proper noun (2)
Xiangcheng
- A district of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
- A county of Xuchang, Henan, China.
- Two 1,800-year-old tombs, one of them in a rare architectural style, have recently been unearthed in Honan province, Central China. Many well-preserved stone reliefs, murals, calligraphy and funeral objects were found in the two tombs.
Of great interest to archæologists is a tomb in Hsiangcheng...[1964 January, “Tombs 1,800-Year-Old”, in Eastern Horizon, volume III, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 68, column 1
- Two 1,800-year-old tombs, one of them in a rare architectural style, have recently been unearthed in Honan province, Central China. Many well-preserved stone reliefs, murals, calligraphy and funeral objects were found in the two tombs.
Proper noun (3)
Xiangcheng
- A county-level city of Zhoukou, Henan, China.
- In 1863, when Chang Tsung-yü was rebuilding the Nien's main force after the fall of Chih-ho, he regarded Honan as the major source for the procurement of horses. When he passed Hsiang-ch'eng (項城), he captured many people who were ransomed by payment in horses.[1954, Siang-tseh Chiang, “The Organization of the Nien”, in The Nien Rebellion (Far Eastern and Russian Institute Publications on Asia), number 2, Seattle; London: University of Washington Press...
- In Xiangcheng city, Henan province, site of a huge monosodium glutamate plant, factories were not connected to the waste water treatment plant.2007 July 11, “China hits back at defiant polluters”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2022, Latest Crisis
Forms of Xiangcheng
| alternative form | Hsiang-ch'eng |
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Origin of Xiangcheng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 相城 (Xiàngchéng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 襄城 (Xiāngchéng).
From Mandarin 項城 /项城 (Xiàngchéng).
Questions about Xiangcheng
- What does Xiangcheng mean?
- Xiangcheng means a district of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- What part of speech is Xiangcheng?
- Xiangcheng is a proper noun.
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