Gong'an

See also: gongan

English

Alternative forms

• Kungan (Postal Romanization)
• Kung-an (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 公安 (Gōng'ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔŋˌɑn/, /-æn/

Proper noun

Gong'an

1. A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
   • 1999, Tony Lambert, “A survey of church growth, province by province”, in China's Christian Millions‎^[1], Monarch Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252:

     Gong’an County has over 3,000 Christians who hope to build a church in the county town to hold 700 people.

   • [2009 May 5, Beijing newsroom, “China cigarette order goes up in smoke”, in Ben Blanchard, Miral Fahmy, editors, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 08 April 2017, Lifestyle‎^[3]:

     Functionaries in Gongan county in rural Hubei province had been ordered to smoke at least 23,000 packs of cigarettes a year, worth nearly 4 million yuan ($586,700), to cushion government finances, according to regional media reports.]

   • [2009 October 25, Sharon LaFraniere, “Salute All Cars, Kids. It’s a Rule in China.”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 October 2011, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     Often, the skewering gets results. In April, one county in Hubei Province in central China drew nationwide ridicule after officials ordered civil servants and employees of state-owned companies to buy a total of 23,000 packs of the province’s brand of cigarettes every year. […]
     County officials said the increased revenue from the cigarette tax would buoy the local economy. After several weeks of embarrassment, Gongan County officials posted a short message on the government’s Web site that read: “We have decided to remove this edict.”]

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公安 (zh) (Gōng'ān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Gong’an”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1386, column 2

Anagrams

• Gagnon, ongang