Luoyang

See also: Luòyáng

English

Alternative forms

• Loyang, Lohyang (historical, obsolete)
• Lo-yang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Chinese 洛陽／洛阳 (Luòyáng, “sunny side of the Luo River”), referring to two separate Luo rivers.

Proper noun

Luoyang

1. A prefecture-level city in Henan, China, near the Luo's confluence with the Yellow River; a former capital of China.
   • 1982, Zhongshu Wang, “Luoyang: The Capital City of Eastern Han”, in K. C. Chang et al., transl., Han Civilization‎^[1], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29:

     The remains of the capital of the Eastern Han dynasty, Luoyang 洛阳, are situated approximately 15 km east of the present-day city of Luoyang in Henan. Since the site is bordered on the north by the Mangshan 邙山 Mountains and overlooks the Luo River to the south, it has protective natural barriers and is also at an important junction for transportation and communication (fig. 37).

   • 2006, “Cultural Relics”, in 王琴 [Wang Qin], 韩清月 [Han Qingyue], 冯鑫 [Feng Xin], transl., edited by 杨长春 [Yang Changchun], 河南：文化大中原 [Henan: The Central Plains of Chinese Culture] (全景中国 [Panoramic China])‎^[2], 1st edition, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 163:

     The Longmen Grottoes are located in the south of Luolong District of Luoyang. Here two mountain cliffs stand face to face, like a pair of natural watchtowers over the Yi River that flow between them, giving rise to the name “Luoyang’s Yi River Watchtower Gate.”

   • 2021 July 21, Ryan Woo, Stella Qiu, “At least 25 dead as rains deluge central China's Henan province”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 22 July 2021, China:

     Local authorities said the rainfall had caused a 20-metre breach in the Yihetan dam in the city of Luoyang west of Zhengzhou, and that the dam could collapse at any time.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Luoyang.
2. A town in the district of Zengdu, in the prefecture-level city of Suizhou, Hubei, China.
3. A community in the district of Luojiang, in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China, famed for a celebrated bridge.

Descendants

• Translingual: Luoyanggia

Translations

city in Henan

• Arabic: لُويَانْغ m (luyanḡ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洛陽／洛阳 (zh) (Luòyáng)

• Hungarian: Lojang (hu)
• Japanese: 洛陽 (ja) (らくよう, Rakuyō)
• Korean: 뤄양 (Rwoyang), 낙양 (Nagyang)
• Macedonian: Лу́ојанг m (Lúojang)
• Russian: Лоя́н m (Loján)
• Thai: ลั่วหยาง, ลกเอี๋ยง
• Vietnamese: Lạc Dương

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Luoyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1806, column 2

Anagrams

• Yangluo