Xiangtan

See also: xiāngtán and Xiāngtán

English

Alternative forms

• Hsiangtan, Hsiang-t'an (Wade–Giles)
• Siangtan

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán, literally “[place of the] Xiang River eddy”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shē-ängʹtänʹ

Proper noun

Xiangtan

1. A prefecture-level city in Hunan, China, on the lower Xiang River.
   • 2013 December 25, Gao Wenqian, “China Must Purge Mao's Ghost”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 December 2013, Opinion‎^[2]:

     Mao’s hometown, Xiangtan City, in Hunan Province, is spending $2.5 billion on public events celebrating him.

Translations

city in Hunan

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 湘潭 (soeng¹ taam⁴)

  Mandarin: 湘潭 (zh) (Xiāngtán)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xiangtan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3501, column 2
• “Xiangtan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Xiangtan, Hsiangtan, Hsiang-tan, Hsiang-t'an, Siangtan, Siang-tan at Google Ngram Viewer
• “Xiangtan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Xiangtan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Xiangtan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.