Hongze

See also: Hóngzé

English

Alternative forms

Hungtse, Hung-tse

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 洪澤／洪泽 (Hóngzé), bestowed on the lake by Emperor Yang of Sui in 616 out of pleasure encountering rain after an inspection tour through drought-afflicted areas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɒŋzə/

Proper noun

Hongze

A lake in Jiangsu, China.
A district of Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.

Translations

district

Chinese:
Mandarin: 洪澤／洪泽 (zh) (Hóngzé)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can

References

Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hongze”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1305, column 1

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