Guangyang

See also: Guāngyáng and Guǎngyáng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 廣陽 / 广阳 (Guǎngyáng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: gwängʹyängʹ
  • Hyphenation: Guang‧yang

Proper noun

Guangyang

  1. (historical) A former commandery around Beijing, China, from the Qin Dynasty on.
  2. (historical) A former principality around Beijing, China, during the Han and Sima Jin Dynasties.
  3. (historical) Synonym of Ji, a former city in Beijing, China, from its role as the seat of the commandery and principality.
  4. A district of Langfang, Hebei, China.
    • 2022 March 14, Lily Kuo, “As China’s covid outbreak expands, whole cities and provinces are sealed off and key industries closed”, in The Washington Post‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 March 2022, Asia‎[2]:
      In Qingdao in Shandong province, the Laixi district of more than 700,000 people was put under lockdown after officials found more than 1,600 locally transmitted cases since March 4 through mass testing. In Hebei province, the district of Guangyang, home to 500,000 people, has also been put under lockdown.

Synonyms

  • (former principality): Guangyou (during Xin Dynasty)

Translations

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