Zhenjiang

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 鎮江镇江 (Zhènjiāng).

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Zhenjiang

  1. A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China
    • 2019 October 17, Qin, Amy, “China Detains 2 Americans Amid Growing Scrutiny of Foreigners”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-10-17, Asia Pacific:
      The two Americans, Jacob Harlan and Alyssa Petersen, were detained late last month and are being held in Zhenjiang, a town in Jiangsu Province, according to GoFundMe pages set up by friends and relatives.

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References

  1. “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 476: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, []
    Chen-chiang (Zhenjiang) 鎮江

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