Keen-chang
English
editEtymology
editFrom Chinese 建昌 (Jiànchāng, literally “Establishing Prosperity”).
Proper noun
editKeen-chang
- (obsolete, historical) Alternative form of Jianchang (Xichang)
- 1880 April 15, “WHITE WAX OF CHINA.”, in The Juvenile Instructor[1], volume XV, number 8, Salt Lake City, →OCLC, page 93, column 2:
- IN the Keen-chang district of the province of Szechuen there grows in abundance the ligustrum lucidum, an evergreen tree with pointed leaves, on the twigs of which myriads of insects spread themselves, like a brownish film, in the Spring of each year.