Ankang

• An-k'ang (Wade–Giles)

From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːnˈkɑŋ/

Ankang

1. A prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, China.
   • 1934 August 11, The China Weekly Review‎, volume 69, number 11, →OCLC, page 432, column 2:

     The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and Hanyin-Paiho Highways. Survey work is to be started soon.

   • 1972, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 230:

     The Han Shui valley in the extreme south, with the subregional towns of Hanchung and Ankang, and the entire northern section of Shensi remain without rail transportation.

   • 2013 October 3, “Giant Hornets Kill Dozens in China”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-10-06, Asia Pacific‎:

     Hornet attacks have been reported elsewhere in China as well. Last month, a swarm attacked a primary school in the Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern China, injuring 30 people, including 23 children. But the most serious attacks, according to the state-run news media, have taken place in rural areas near Ankang City, in the southeastern part of Shaanxi Province.

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• Ankang, An-k'ang, An-kang at Google Ngram Viewer
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ankang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 140, column 2

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