Xunyang

See also: xúnyǎng and xùnyǎng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旬陽／旬阳.

Proper noun

Xunyang

1. A county-level city in Ankang, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county.
   • [1973, “New Upsurge of Mass Literature and Art”, in Chinese Literature‎^[1], number 7, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 104:

     Minghsing Brigade of Changsha Commune in Hsunyang County, Shensi Province, has encouraged amateur literary and art activities for about a decade.]

   • 1994, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power‎^[2], Nicholas Brealey Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 475:

     Local authorities sometimes are brutal in their efforts to crush the underground Christian church in peasant areas. In March 1993, for example, police attacked a religious meeting in Taoyuan village in Shaanxi Province’s Xunyang County.

   • 2021 September 29, Carol Mang, “More than 7,000 people forced to flee floods in city of Xunyang in northwestern China”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], archived from the original on 2021-09-30‎^[4]:

     Streets and buildings were submerged by floodwaters in Xunyang in northwestern China on September 28, 2021, after heavy torrential rains lashed the area in Shaanxi province. Firefighters and army troops have been helping as more than 7,000 people were forced to evacuate. Xunyang is home to about 450,000 residents.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旬陽／旬阳 (zh) (Xúnyáng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xunyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3506, column 1