Pingyang

See also: píngyáng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 平陽 / 平阳 (Píngyáng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pĭng′yäng′[1]
  • Hyphenation: Ping‧yang

Proper noun

Pingyang

  1. A county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
    • 2014 July 21, Ben Blanchard, “Chinese police clash with protesters over cross removal”, in Ron Popeski, editor, Reuters‎[1], archived from the original on 11 January 2026:
      In the latest move, police tried to remove a cross from a church in Pingyang county close to Wenzhou city. But the congregation surrounded the church and prevented police from getting close, two witnesses said.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Pingyang or P’ing-yang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1476, column 2
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