Hengyang

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Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 衡陽衡阳 (Héngyáng).

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Hengyang

  1. A prefecture-level city in Hunan, China.
    • 1979 July 15, “Publication for freedom”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
      A publication circulated recently in the Hengyang area of Hunan Province called on the mainland people to rise against Communism to uphold freedom and democracy, an intelligence report from the mainland said.
    • 2018 December 19, Tiffany May, “Chinese City Bans Christmas Displays Amid Religious Crackdown”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 19, 2018, Asia Pacific:
      This is not the first time a city in China has clamped down on Christmas merriment. Last December, Hengyang, a city in Hunan province, issued a stern notice asking Communist Party officials and their relatives to “resist the rampant Western festival.”
  2. A county of Hengyang, Hunan, China.

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