Wugang
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 武岡/武冈 (Wǔgāng).
Proper noun
editWugang
- A county-level city in Shaoyang, Hunan, China.
Translations
editcounty-level city
Etymology 2
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 舞鋼/舞钢 (Wǔgāng).
Proper noun
editWugang
- A county-level city in Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
- 1998 November 11, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “China Detains 140 From 2 Protestant Groups”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-27, Section A, page 5[4]:
- The incidents occurred in Henan Province in an area known to have many "house churches." […]
Mr. Zhang said that 40 worshipers at a house church were arrested on Oct. 26 in the city of Wugang and that more than 100 were detained on Nov. 5 in Nanyang.
- 2022 July 12, “China Locks Down a Steel Hub For Three Days on One Covid Case”, in Bloomberg News[6], archived from the original on 12 July 2022:
- Wugang in Henan Province announced a citywide lockdown starting July 11, making it the latest Chinese city to enact strict mobility curbs amid the country’s ongoing Covid flareup. The city of about 300,000, home to Wuyang Iron & Steel Co., is requiring all residents to stay at home unless they’re getting tested for Covid, according to a local government statement Monday.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wugang.
Translations
editcounty-level city
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wugang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3494, column 2
- Wugang, Wu-kang, Wukang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
References
edit- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Wukang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2108, column 1
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