Jinjiang
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Chin-chiang, Chinchiang
- (dated) Tsinkiang
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 晉江/晋江 (Jìnjiāng, “Jin River”).
Proper noun
Jinjiang
- A county-level city in Quanzhou, Fujian, China
- [1977 September 25, “Reds reported shocked by Fan's defection to Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVIII, number 38, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, columns 1, 2:
- Another report said some people in Chinchiang in Fukien province saw Lt. Col. Fan flying along the seashore in the wrong direction and decided something must be happening.]
- 2018 August 6, “Taiwan’s Kinmen island begins importing water from China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 March 2023:
- The Taiwanese-controlled island of Kinmen located just off the Chinese coast has begun importing water from its neighbor via a pipeline despite heightened tensions between Beijing and Taipei.
Water from Jinjiang in China’s Fujian province began flowing through the 16-kilometer (10-mile)-long pipeline Sunday under a 30-year contract.
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Synonyms
- (from Min Nan) Chinkang, Chin-kang, Chin Kang
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