Yeungkong

English
Map including YANG-CHIANG (YEUNGKONG) 陽江 (AMS, 1954) →OCLC

Etymology

From Cantonese 陽江／阳江 (joeng4 gong1).

Proper noun

Yeungkong

  1. Synonym of Yangjiang: the Cantonese-derived name
    • 1988, Wiest, Jean-Paul, Maryknoll in China: A History, 1918-1955‎, M. E. Sharpe, Inc., →ISBN, LCCN 87-32068, OCLC 837981550, OL 2401827M, page 54:
      The city of Kongmoon was finally chosen over Yeungkong as mission headquarters because its location on the West River made it a better center for communications.
    • 1993, Penny Lernoux, Hearts on Fire: The Story of the Maryknoll Sisters‎, Orbis Books, published 2012, →ISBN, LCCN 93-36831, OCLC 1073552237, page 43:
      But the robbery was no joke—the women lost a year’s supply of food for their mission in Yeungkong, in addition to all their clothing and books.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yeungkong.
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