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Yangjingbang

Syllables: Yang·jing·bang

Yangjingbang proper noun: a former tributary of the Huangpu, Shanghai, China.

Proper noun

Yangjingbang

  1. (historical) A former tributary of the Huangpu, Shanghai, China.
    • Some of the famous inns like the Taian Inn and the Qianyi Inn located in the Jiaji Long (lane) to the north of Yangjingbang (the present Yanan Road, East) started their business in a lane.1985, Jia You, “GENERAL ASPECTS OF STREET-LANES IN SHANGHAI”, in Min Dayong, transl., Anecdotes of Old Shanghai, 1st edition, Shanghai Cultural Publishing House, →OCLC, page 137
    • The French Concession lay between the walled Chinese city and Yang-ching-pang Creek, later filled in and called Edward VII Avenue. The British Settlement stretched from Yang-ching-pang to Soochow Creek while the American settlement consisted of a piece of land fronting the river to the north-east...[1990, Harriet Sergeant, “A Simple Equation – The Rise of a Great City”, in Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18

Forms of Yangjingbang

alternative formYang-king-pang

Origin of Yangjingbang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洋涇浜 /洋泾浜 (Yángjīngbāng).

Questions about Yangjingbang

What does Yangjingbang mean?
Yangjingbang means a former tributary of the Huangpu, Shanghai, China.
What part of speech is Yangjingbang?
Yangjingbang is a proper noun.

Words near Yangjingbang in the dictionary

  1. yanging
  2. yangire
  3. yangires
  4. yangite
  5. Yangjiang
  6. Yangjingbang
  7. yangko
  8. Yangku
  9. Yangling
  10. Yangluo
  11. yangmei

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