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Xiangyang

Syllables: Xiang·yang

Xiangyang proper noun: a district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.

Proper noun (1)

Xiangyang

  1. A district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.

Proper noun (2)

Xiangyang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.
    • On conferring with the great pioneer, Dr. Griffith John, they were advised to locate in Northwest Hupeh. Accordingly, in the spring of 1892, Mr. H. N. Ronning and Mr. D. Nelson, together with Mr. P. Matson of the Swedish American Mission Covenant, and Mr. J. B. Brandtzaeg of the China Mission...[1934, “The History of the Lutheran United Mission”, in White Unto Harvest in China: A Survey of the Lutheran United Mission, the China Mission of the N.L.C.A., 1890-1934, →OCLC, page 14
    • The tunnel has been lined with reinforced concrete, the work over each of the first two winters taking 200,000 commune folk of Kwanghua and Hsiangyang.[1974, Rewi Alley, “Two Ancient Strategic Cities—Chinchow and Laohokow”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XIII, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53, column 1

Forms of Xiangyang

alternative formSiangyang
alternative formSiang-yang
alternative formHsiang-yang

Origin of Xiangyang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 向陽 /向阳 (Xiàngyáng).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 襄陽 /襄阳 (Xiāngyáng).

Questions about Xiangyang

What does Xiangyang mean?
Xiangyang means a district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.
What part of speech is Xiangyang?
Xiangyang is a proper noun.

Words near Xiangyang in the dictionary

  1. xiangsheng
  2. Xiangshui
  3. Xiangtan
  4. Xiangxi
  5. Xiangxiang
  6. Xiangyang
  7. Xiangyao
  8. Xiangyuan
  9. Xiangzhou
  10. Xianity
  11. Xianju

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