Shayang

See also: shāyáng

English

Alternative forms

• Sha-yang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 沙洋 (Shāyáng).

Proper noun

Shayang

1. A county of Jingmen, Hubei, China.
   • 1910 November 11, “Flood Disaster in the Han Valley”, in Victoria Daily Colonist‎^[1], volume CIII, number 289, Victoria, British Columbia, →ISSN, page 14:

     But the greatest catastrophe has befallen the neighborhood of Shayang, about 110 miles higher up the river.

   • [1911 March 4, “Trampled to Death in Rush for Food”, in New York Times‎^[2], volume LX, number 19,397, page 4:

     Sha-yang is in the centre of Hupeh and; 120 miles west of Hankow, and has a population of about 60,000.]

   • 2020 February 21, “China reports uptick in new coronavirus cases, South Korea infections spike”, in France 24‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 February 2020‎^[4]:

     An official newspaper in Hubei reported 230 cases at the Wuhan Women's Prison, whose warden was dismissed, and 41 others at another penitentiary in Shayang county.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shayang.
2. A town in Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Translations

county and town in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙洋 (zh) (Shāyáng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Yaghans, Yahgans