Jiujiang

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 九江 (Jiǔjiāng).

Alternative forms

• Kiukiang (Postal Romanization)
• Kievkiang
• Chiu-chiang, Chiuchiang (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Jiujiang

1. A prefecture-level city in Jiangxi, China.
   • 2020 January 31, Martin Pollard, Thomas Peter, David Stanway, “Travellers beat China virus lockdown via bridge over the Yangtze”, in Stephen Coates, Mike Collett-White, editors, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 02 February 2020, WORLD NEWS‎^[3]:

     The Yangtze divides Jiujiang in Jiangxi province and Huanggang in neighbouring Hubei, one of the cities hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak and now sealed off from the rest of China to try to contain it.

2. A town in Nanhai district, Foshan, Guangdong, China.

Translations

prefecture-level city in eastern China

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 九江 (gau² gong¹)

  Mandarin: 九江 (zh) (Jiǔjiāng)

Further reading

• Jiujiang in Encyclopædia Britannica
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiujiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 2: “city […] N. Jiangxi prov.”
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiujiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 3: “town, S. Guangdong prov.”

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 鳩江／鸠江 (Jiūjiāng).

Proper noun

Jiujiang

1. A district of Wuhu, Anhui, China

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鳩江／鸠江 (zh) (Jiūjiāng)

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