Yongchang

See also: yòngcháng and yòngchǎng

English

Alternative forms

• Yung-ch'ang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永昌 (Yǒngchāng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋ.t͡ʃæŋ/, enPR: yo͝ongʹchängʹ

Proper noun

Yongchang

1. A county of Jinchang, Gansu, in northwestern China.
   • 1999, Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles, Women of the Long March‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 138:

     Ma Jinchang had her sent to his home in Yongchang County about 50 kilometres west of Wuwei where his chief wife, some domestic staff and about twenty guards maintained a residence which he visited periodically.

Translations

a county in northwestern China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 永昌 (zh) (Yǒngchāng)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yongchang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3531, column 1

Anagrams

• Chongyang