Anqing
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) An-ch'ing, An-ch‘ing
- (dated) Anking
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 安慶/安庆 (Ānqìng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑːnˈt͡ʃɪŋ/, enPR: änʹchǐngʹ
Proper noun
Anqing
- A prefecture-level city in Anhui, China.
- 2015 August 21, Boehler, Patrick; 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-08-21:
- 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, archived from the original on 23 August 2020:
- 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.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Anqing”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145, column 1
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