Huguang
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Mandarin 湖廣/湖广 (Húguǎng).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHuguang
- (historical) A province of China.
- [1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis[1], London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 517:
- THis Province of Huquang, divided in the middle by the River Kiang, into a Northern and Southern part, is not inferior to the others in bigneſs ; for it begins in the South in twenty ſix Degrees and twenty Minutes Northern-Latitude, and ends in thirty four Degrees, a Tract of hundred thirty ſeven Leagues and a half ; its length extends to ſeven Degrees, a Tract of a hundred fifty five Leagues.]