Shen-yang

See also: Shenyang and Shěnyáng

English

Map including SHEN-YANG (DMA, 1975)

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 瀋陽／沈阳 (Shên³-yang²).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shǔnʹyängʹ

Proper noun

Shen-yang

1. 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

Shenyang — see Shenyang

Further reading

• “Shen-yang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.