Handan
See also: handan
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Han-tan
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 邯鄲/邯郸 (Hándān).
Pronunciation
- enPR: hänʹdänʹ
Proper noun
Handan
- A prefecture-level city in Hebei, China.
- 2014 December 1, Wan, William, “Once a cop, now an outcast: A Chinese tale of abuse and a craving for justice”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 December 2014, World:
- At age 20, Tian enlisted in the army, and nine years later she joined the police force of Handan, a city 300 miles south of Beijing.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Handan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1228, column 3
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