Anqing
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 安慶 / 安庆 (Ānqìng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Anqing
- A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- 2015 August 21, Patrick Boehler, Josh Keller, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Vanessa Piao, Crystal Tse, “Tianjin Blast Exposes the Dangerous Proximity of Toxic Chemicals in China”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 August 2015[5]:
- Another major producer of sodium cyanide, Anhui Shuguang, appears to have a subsidiary located not only close to a residential area of Anqing in Anhui Province, but also only a few hundred feet from the Yangtze River in central China. The Times found a kindergarten and another school within 1,000 meters of the factory.
- 2020 August 20, “What's behind China's record floods?”, in France 24[6], archived from the original on 23 August 2020[7]:
- In addition to conventional weather monitoring technology, Anqing city in China's Anhui province is using virtual reality goggles linked to river-monitoring cameras that use 5G internet to transmit images to inspectors, according to Xinhua.
- 2021 June 6, Tanika Godbole, “China: Man with knife kills 6 on commercial street”, in Deutsche Welle[8], archived from the original on 06 June 2021, News[9]:
- The attack happened on Saturday afternoon, on a shopping street in Anqing city, Anhui province, which is located around 430 kilometers from Shanghai.
Synonyms
Translations
prefecture-level city in Anhui
References
- ^ “China”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica[1], 15th edition, volume 16, 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42, column 1: “Conventional/Wade-Giles Pinyin […] An-ch'ing.......Anqing”
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Anking or An-ch’ing”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 74, column 3
- ^ “An-ch’ing or An·king”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas[3], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27, column 2
Further reading
- “Anqing”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Anqing, Anking, Anching, Anch'ing, An-ching, An-ch'ing, Ngankin at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Anqing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Anqing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Anqing” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Anqing”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[10], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145, column 1