Guiyang
See also: Guìyáng
English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴陽／贵阳 (Guìyáng).
Proper noun
Guiyang
- A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Guizhou, in southwestern China.
- 2017 July 27, Emily Rauhala, “Transgender Chinese man wins first-of-its-kind labor discrimination case”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 November 2017, WorldViews:
- A court in the city of Guiyang ruled that Mr. C's employment rights were indeed violated. "The defendant terminated the contract with the plaintiff without a legitimate reason" and "infringed on the plaintiff’s equal employment rights," the ruling said. […]
Mr. C, a transgender Chinese man who says he was fired for wearing men's clothes, stands outside a court in Guiyang, China, July 27, 2017, holding the court’s ruling that his dismissal violated his employment rights.
Translations
a prefecture-level city in southwestern China
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guiyang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1469, column 1
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 桂陽／桂阳 (Guìyáng).
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