Hsiang-yang

English

Map including 襄陽 HSIANG-YANG (SIANGYANG) (walled) (AMS, 1955)

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 襄陽／襄阳 (Hsiang¹-yang²).

Proper noun

Hsiang-yang

Alternative form of Xiangyang
- 1948, Bernward H. Willeke, Imperial Government and Catholic Missions in China During the Years 1784-1785‎, St. Bonaventure, New York: Franciscan Institute, →OCLC, →OL, page 50:
  About the middle of September 1784 ³ T'ê-ch'êng-o received the report from Hsiang-yang of the capture of the four missionaries, which charged them with going to Shensi to help the rebellious Mohammedans.
- 1978, Arthur F. Wright, The Sui Dynasty‎, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 141:
  In the strategic city of Hsiang-yang, on the river in north-central Hupei, Wen-ti in 586 had set up a strong regional headquarters with his third son, Chün, the Prince of Ch'in, in command.
- 1990, David Nicolle, The Mongol Warlords‎, Firebird Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 87:
  The Mongol capture of the Sung city of Hsiang-yang is an excellent example of the sophisticated siege techniques used in Kublai Khan's time.

Translations

Xiangyang — see Xiangyang

Further reading

Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Siangyang or Hsiang-yang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1760, column 2

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