Longgang

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 龍港龙港 (Lónggǎng, Dragon Port). As a Zhejiang city, a blend of its former name Longjiang Port Area (龍江港區/龙江港区, Lóngjiāng gǎngqū) adopted upon its elevation to town status in 1983. The name Longjiang itself derived from the "Qinglong River" (青龍/青龙), used locally for the lower Ao (/).

Proper noun

Longgang

  1. A district of Huludao, Liaoning, China.
    • 2022 July 26, Shepherd, Christian; Vic Chiang, “A Chinese artist fights pollution with rock music”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 26 July 2022, Asia:
      Lei said the smell of exhaust gas from chemical plants in Huludao’s Longgang district is noticeable almost every day. “Sometimes there isn’t a noticeable odor but it just chokes you and makes you want to cough,” he said.
  2. A city in Zhejiang, China.

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