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Etymology 1

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 郾城 (Yǎnchéng).

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Yancheng

  1. A district of Luohe, Henan, China.
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Etymology 2

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鹽城盐城 (Yánchéng).

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Yancheng

  1. A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China.
    • [1993 [1992 October 1], Pei-tsun Hau, Straight Talk[3], Taipei: Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page [4]:
      Hau Pei-tsun was born on August 24, 1919 into an educated, well-to-do farming family in Yencheng County, Kiangsu Province.]
    • 2023 June 22, “Building collapses, gas blasts, mine cave-ins and more. Deadly accidents are commonplace in China”, in AP News[5], archived from the original on 22 June 2023[6]:
      In March, 78 people were killed in a blast at a chemical plant in the eastern city of Yancheng that had numerous safety violations.
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Etymology 3

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From Mandarin 鹽埕盐埕 (Yánchéng).

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Yancheng

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • 2021 October 14, Ben Blanchard, “More than 40 feared dead in fire in southern Taiwan”, in Peter Graff, editor, Reuters[9], archived from the original on 14 October 2021, Asia Pacific‎[10]:
      The fire broke out in the 40-year-old building in Kaohsiung's Yancheng district in the early hours of the morning and was extinguished around dawn.
    • 2022 August 5, Hsueh-kuang Hung, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Woman gets life imprisonment for Kaohsiung building fire that killed 46”, in Focus Taiwan[11], archived from the original on 05 August 2022, Society:
      The fire in the city's Yancheng District was the second deadliest building fire in Taiwan after a blaze at the Weierkang Club in Taichung that killed 64 people in February 1995.
    • 2022 September 24, “Festival kicks off in Kaohsiung to bring new life to old town”, in Focus Taiwan (Sponsored Content)‎[12], archived from the original on 24 September 2022[13]:
      A multi-day festival featuring exhibitions and music performances kicked off in Kaohsiung's Yancheng District on Saturday, bringing new life to a district known for its rich cultural and historical heritage.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yancheng.
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