Xiangtan
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán, literally “[place of the] Xiang River eddy”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: shē-ängʹtänʹ
Proper noun
Xiangtan
- A prefecture-level city in Hunan, China, on the lower Xiang River.
- 2013 December 25, Gao Wenqian, “China Must Purge Mao's Ghost”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 December 2013, Opinion:
- Mao’s hometown, Xiangtan City, in Hunan Province, is spending $2.5 billion on public events celebrating him.
- 2022 October 26, Roxanne Liu, Kane Wu, “Chinese automaker Geely's new energy brand Farizon raises over $300 mln”, in Bernadette Baum, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on October 26, 2010, Autos & Transportation:
- The Industry Foundation of the Chinese city of Xiangtan, in the southern province of Hunan, Geely-backed GLy Capital and South Korea's Mirae Asset also participated in the capital raise, according to the statement.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xiangtan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3501, column 2
- “Xiangtan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Xiangtan, Hsiangtan, Hsiang-tan, Hsiang-t'an, Siangtan, Siang-tan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Xiangtan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Xiangtan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Xiangtan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
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