Puyang

See also: Púyáng and P'u-yang

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Mandarin 濮陽 / 濮阳 (Púyáng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: po͞o′yäng′[1]
  • Hyphenation: Pu‧yang

Proper noun

Puyang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
    • 1983 November 3 [1983 October 27], “State Council Approves Administrative Changes”, in Daily Report: China, number 214, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 16:
      3. Puyang County is abolished and Puyang City is established to be under the direct leadership of the province. Neihuang, Hua, Qingfeng, Nanle, Changyuan, Fan and Taiqian Counties of Anyang Prefecture are put under the jurisdiction of Puyang City.
    • 2008 January 17, Liangi Chiang, “Corruption blurs China's goal of harmonious society”, in Alan Wheatley, Megan Goldin, editors, Reuters‎[2], archived from the original on 09 January 2020, Business News:
      It’s in poor places like Puyang that the ruling Communist party’s battle to narrow China’s yawning wealth gap will be won or lost.
      Many residents of this county town about six hours’ drive south of Beijing say their lives have improved thanks to tax cuts and increased spending on education, medical insurance and welfare.
      But not everyone is content. Puyang, nestled in the northeastern corner of Henan province, is a study in contrasts.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Puyang.
  2. A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
    • 1983 November 3 [1983 October 27], “State Council Approves Administrative Changes”, in Daily Report: China, number 214, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 16:
      3. Puyang County is abolished and Puyang City is established to be under the direct leadership of the province.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Puyang.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Puyang or P’u-yang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1536, column 2

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