Mauming

From Cantonese 茂名 (mau6 ming4).

Mauming

1. Dated form of Maoming.
   • 1843 June, “Kwángtung Tung-chí, or a general Historical and Statistical Account of the province of Canton”, in Chinese Repository‎, volume 12, number 6, page 322:

     1. 茂名 Mauming comprises the capital of the department ; and is bounded on the north by Sin-í, on the east by Tienpe, on the south by Wúchuen, and on the west by Hwáchau....
     2. 電白 Tienpe is bounded on the north by Yángchun, on the east by Yángkiáng, on the south by the sea, and on the west and northwest by Wúchuen and Mauming....
     3. 信宜 Siní lies north of Mauming, and includes the whole of the northern portion of the department. It is a large district.
     4. 化州 Hwáchau is bounded on the north by Kwángsí, on the east by Mauming and Wúchuen, on the south and west by Shiching ;...

   • 1923, The Field Afar‎, Catholic Foreign Mission Bureau of Boston, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 324:

     A Brother with medical training and experience should be stationed at this important capital city of the Mauming Prefecture.

   • 1932, Robert L. Pendleton, A Reconnaissance Soil Survey of a Portion of Kwangtung Province‎, →OCLC, page -:

     This view is looking south east, about 1 km south west of Kochou (Mauming). July 1932....The hills in the distance, particularly at the right, are eroding considerably. 1 km south of Kochou (Mauming)....About 25km south east of Kochou (Mauming) along the Shuitung road....About 25km south east of Kochou (Mauming) along the Shuitung road.

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