Chuxiong
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 楚雄 (Chǔxióng).
Pronunciation
- enPR: cho͞oʹshüngʹ[1]
Proper noun
Chuxiong
- An Yi autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China
- 1983 January 6 [1983 January 5], Christopher S. Wren, “CHINA STILL FIGHTING AN OLD ABUSE: WOMEN FOR SALE”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section A, page 2:
- Last March, an ideological worker in Yunnan's Chuxiong prefecture complained in a letter to the newspaper in Kunming that "some parents are greedy and sell their daughters as if they were commodities" and some married women abandoned their husbands and children "to seek ease and comfort and to get more money."
Translations
References
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tsuyang or Ch’u-hsiung”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1955, column 3
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chuxiong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 802, column 2
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