Yuanjiang

• (from Wade–Giles) Yüan-chiang

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 沅江 (Yuánjiāng, “Yuan River”).

Yuanjiang

1. A county-level city in Yiyang, Hunan, China, along the Yuan River
   • [1971, Peking Review‎, volume 14, →OCLC, page 17:

     AN advanced fishing village in learning from the Tachai Brigade, the Kuanchushan Production Brigade of Wantzuhu Commune in Yuanchiang County lies on Tungting Lake in central China's Hunan Province.]

   • 2018 December 14, Qin, Amy, “12-Year-Old in China Kills His Mother, Then Returns to School, Igniting an Outcry”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-12-14, Asia Pacific‎:

     In the eyes of many Chinese, the boy was a heartless criminal who deserved to be punished. But in China, where the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 14, he could not be held legally responsible. The boy was released by the authorities in the town of Yuanjiang, in Hunan Province, with no conditions.

2. Synonym of Yuan River
   • [1954, Wiens, Herold J., “The history of South Chinese tribal movements and migrations”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China‎, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 127:

     The famous General Chuang Ch'iao was sent by Wei Wang up the Yuan Chiang in Hu-nan with an army.]

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• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yuanjiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3536, column 2

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 元江 (Yuán Jiāng, literally “First River”).

Yuanjiang

1. Synonym of Red River

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yuanjiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3536, column 3