Daye

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Daye (plural Dayes)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Daye is the 8365^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3958 individuals. Daye is most common among Black/African American (62.2%) and White (29.08%) individuals.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大冶 (Dàyě).

• (historical, obsolete): Tayeh
• Ta-yeh (Wade–Giles)

• enPR: däʹyěʹ^[1]

Daye

1. A county-level city of Huangshi, Hubei, China.
   • [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[2], London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:

     Vuchang commands over ten Cities, as Vuhang, Vuchang, Kiayu, Puki, Hienning, Cungyang, Tungching, Hingque, Taye, Tungxan.]

   • 2017 March 14, Hallie Gu, Josephine Mason, “China's confirms sixth bird flu outbreak at duck farm in Hubei province”, in Christian Schmollinger, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 14 March 2017, Health News‎^[4]:

     The outbreak in Daye, a city of more than 900,000 people, was confirmed as a case of the H5N6 strain of the virus, the ministry said in the statement on its website.

   • 2018 April 19, Yujing Liu, “Chinese city’s idea to deter jaywalkers – spray them with water”, in South China Morning Post‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 April 2018, Society‎^[6]:

     The system in Daye in Hubei province is also fitted with facial recognition technology so offenders can be identified and publicly named and shamed, The Beijing News reported.

• Adey, E-day, Eady, ayde, yead