Kingmen

English

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization[1] of Mandarin 荊門／荆門 (Jīngmén).

Proper noun

Kingmen

  1. Alternative form of Jingmen
    • 1984, Isabel Shipley Cunningham, “Terra Sancta”, in Frank N. Meyer Plant Hunter in Asia‎, Ames: Iowa State University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 223:
      The trees did not occur in groves; however, he discovered a concentration around Kingmen (Jingmen), four or five days’ walk northeast of Ichang. After negotiating at length, he paid one hundred dollars in advance to a merchant who promised to collect several thousand pounds of ripe pears and to bring them to Kingmen in September.

Translations
Jingmen — see Jingmen

References
  1. Index to the New Map of China (In English and Chinese).‎, Second edition, Shanghai: Far Eastern Geographical Establishment, 1915 March, →OCLC, page 31: “The romanisation adopted is […] that used by the Chinese Post Office. […] Kingmen 㓝門 Hupeh 湖北 31.3 N 112.19E”
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