Jixi
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Etymology 1
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 雞西 / 鸡西 (Jīxī).
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Proper noun
Jixi
- A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China.
- [1967, “The Wuhan Revolt and After”, in The Cultural Revolution in China: Its Origins and Course (Keesing's Research Report)[2], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 50:
- Heilungkiang. The commander of the garrison of Chihsi was reported to have ordered an armed attack on a Red Guard rally on May 14, a number of Red Guards being wounded and 1,000 arrested, whilst 11 people were reported on June 12 to have been killed in fighting between 20,000 Maoists and anti-Maoists at Kiamusze.]
- 1987, Catharine T. Fogg, Edward H. Boyle, Jr., “Major CPEC Flake Graphite Producers”, in Flake and High Crystalline Graphite Availability—Market Economy Countries: A Minerals Availability Appraisal[3], number 9122, Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:
- In Heilongjiang Province alone, 14 graphite deposits are reported, with 1 occurrence near Jixi City reportedly containing 300 Mmt of surface-minable material (31) and another large deposit located in the Heling area of Boli County.
- 2015 November 21, “Fire in Coal Mine Kills at Least 21 in China”, in The New York Times[4], sourced from Associated Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 November 2015, Asia Pacific, page A8[5]:
- The fire at the Xinghua mine in the city of Jixi was brought under control on Saturday, and 21 bodies were recovered at the mine, owned by the Heilongjiang Longmay Mining Holding Group, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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References
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 355:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Kisi (Chi-hsi, Jixi)
Further reading
- Jixi in Encyclopædia Britannica
- “Jixi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Jixi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 績溪 / 绩溪 (Jìxī).
Proper noun
Jixi
- A county of Xuancheng, Anhui, China.
- [1968, “Hu Shih”, in Biographical Dictionary of Republican China[6], volume II, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 167:
- A native of Chihsi hsien, Anhwei, Hu Shih was born in Shanghai. […] Hu Shih and his mother returned to the family home in Chihsi in early 1895, but Hu Ch'uan remained in Taitung, where he was serving as prefectural magistrate and garrison commander, until summer.]
- 2012 March 29, Edward Wong, “In Rural China, Temples to Past Merchant Wealth Endure”, in The New York Times[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 March 2012, Asia Pacific[8]:
- Another Hu family, from Jixi County, sold tea; they were the ancestors of President Hu Jintao, whose father, while living in Jiangsu, tried to expand the tea business to Shanghai and Zhejiang, and exported tea leaves to Europe and the United States, wrote Lee Khoon Choy, a retired Singaporean journalist and politician, in a book, “Pioneers of Modern China.”
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jixi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[9], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1452, column 3