Yuanqu

See also: yuānqū, yuánqū, yuǎnqù, and Yuānqú

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 垣曲.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: yüǎnʹchüʹ
  • Hyphenation: Yuan‧qu

Proper noun

Yuanqu

  1. A county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
    • [1963 June 24, Chung-chien Yang, “Questions of Neotectonics in the Northern Foothills of the Ch'inling”, in V. N. Pavlinov, editor, Works of the First Conference on Neotectonics in China‎[2], →OCLC, page 123:
      In the fluvial deposits which have developed to the west of the village of T'ungeshanchen in Yuanchu County of Shenhsi[sic – meaning Shanhsi] Province, one can find the Nihewan fauna (Axis rugosus, etc.).]
    • 2007 July 31, “China floods put Three Gorges Dam to the test”, in Reuters‎[3], archived from the original on 5 March 2016, Technology‎[4]:
      Rescuers prepare to rescue villagers who are stranded in a flooding river in Yuanqu county, north China's Shanxi province July 30, 2007.
    • 2009 September 13, “HK businessman gets partial payout after 10-year fight over hijacking of Shanxi firm”, in South China Morning Post‎[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 December 2023‎[6]:
      After a 10-year fight for compensation, a Hong Kong businessman who says he is owed millions after his company was hijacked by officials in Yuanqu county, Shanxi, has received less than a third of his investment back.

Translations

References

  1. ^ 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. […] Yuanqu/Yüan-chu”

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