Yongxing

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 永興島 / 永兴岛 (Yǒngxīngdǎo).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: yo͝ongʹshǐngʹ[2]

Proper noun

Yongxing

  1. Synonym of Woody Island.

Translations

References

  1. ^ cf. Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China‎[1], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 237: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Yongxing/Yung-hsing ("Song route")”
  2. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Woody Island”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2105, column 1: “Chinese Yunghing or Yung-hsing (yo͝ongʹshǐngʹ)”
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