Shen-yang
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 瀋陽/沈阳 (Shên³-yang²).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: shǔnʹyängʹ
Proper noun
editShen-yang
- Alternative form of Shenyang
- 1832, James Bell, A System of Geography Popular and Scientific[1], volume V, Glasgow: Archibald Fullarton and Co., →OCLC, page 90:
- WHERE the population is scanty the cities must be few and small. Lyautong, being the most populous province, has the most cities, towns and villages. Shen-yang or Mookden is the capital, and was the residence of the Mandshoor schwandees or princes immediately previous to the conquest of China.
- 1966, Jonathan D. Spence, Ts'ao Yin and the K'ang-hsi Emperor; Bondservant and Master[2], Yale University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1:
- Sometime during the Ming dynasty the ancestors of Ts'ao Yin moved from northern Chihli province to Shen-yang, the present Mukden, in the area known as Liaotung.
- 1971, CIA, The President's Daily Brief[3], page 8:
- The latest satellite photography showed 423 MIG-19s at two airfields associated with the aircraft production facility at Shen-yang. This is the highest number yet observed in the Shen-yang area.
- 2014, John Browne, Seven Elements that Changed the World[4], Pegasus Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 33–34:
- Today, by far the largest consumer of coal in the world is China. There is a striking continuity here, for the earliest known use of coal dates from around 4000 BC in the Shen-yang area of north-east China.
Translations
editShenyang — see Shenyang
References
edit- ^ Shenyang, Wade-Giles romanization Shen-yang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
edit- “Shen-yang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.