Liu'an

See also: liǔ'ān, Liu-an, and Liù'ān

English

Alternative forms

• Liu-an (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 六安 (Liù'ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl(i)u.ɑn/, /ˈl(i)oʊ-/, /-æn/, enPR: lyōʹänʹ

Proper noun

Liu'an

1. Synonym of Lu'an
   • 1989, Won Ho Chang, Mass Media in China: The History and the Future‎^[2], Ames: Iowa State University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 107:

     In April 1984, the paper sent an editor to Fuyang and Liu’an prefectures in Anhui Province for interviews with local government officials to see what had happened to the 49 letters the paper had sent to the localities earlier.

   • 2004, Ren Qiliang, editor, Common Knowledge about Chinese Culture‎^[3], Hong Kong: Hong Kong China Tourism Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 70:

     Famous green tea includes Longjing tea from the region of West Lake in Hangzhou, Biluochun tea from Jiangsu, Maofeng tea from the Huangshan Mountains of Anhui Province, and Liu'an Guapian tea from Liu'an County of Anhui Province.

   • 2006, Debbie Law, “Duan Qirui (1865–1936)”, in Spencer C. Tucker, editor, World War I: A Student Encyclopedia‎^[4], volume 1, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 597:

     Chinese warlord. Born in Liu’an (Liu-an), Anhui (Anhwei) province, on 6 March 1865, Duan Qirui (also known as Tuan Ch’i-jui) joined Yüan Shih-k’ai in 1896, organizing what later became the Beiyang (Peiyang) Army, upon which Duan built his personal influence and power.

   • 2012, Li Shizhen, translated by Luo Xiwen, edited by Li Jingwei, Condensed Compendium of Materia Medica‎^[5], volume 4, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2187:

     Shihu grows on the rocky land close to water in mountain valleys in Liu’an. Collect the stem in the seventh or eighth month of the year and dry in the shade.

   • 2020 July 21, “Breached levees trap thousands as flooding in China worsens”, in AP News‎^[6], archived from the original on June 11, 2021:

     Other parts of Aunhui have also been forced to take extreme measures, with the Liu'an city government reporting that Huai River waters had been directed into seven flood retention areas on Tuesday.

Anagrams

• inula, uinal