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Pengyang en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • pŭng′yäng′

Etymology

From Mandarin 彭陽 /彭阳 (Péngyáng).

Meanings

  1. A county of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
    • The southern counties were relatively less developed during 2002 to 2004. In 2002, there was only one county with a normal development level and there were two (Jixi and Jingyuan) that were at the 'undeveloped' level. This situation for the Southern Province worsened in 2003: four counties (Jixi, Jingyuan, Haiyuan and Pengyang) were at the 'undeveloped' level. In 2004, Pengyang County upgraded to 'underdeveloped'; however, the other three counties were still undeveloped. 2009, “Fuzzy Sets in Regional Development Analysis: A case study of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Western China”, in Huhua Cao, editor, Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia, Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:
    • Pengyang County is on the rim of the south of Ningxia's Hui Autonomous Region. It is on the east side of Liupan Mountain. 2016, Lili Xun, “Intra-county Migration in Ningxia—A Case Study of Pengyang County and Xiji County”, in Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation: A Study of Migration ..., →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136:
    • Pengyang county was administered by Guyuan before 1988. In contrast to Guyuan, Pengyang is relatively wealthy. Farmers earn a considerable income through tobacco cultivation, which can yield an annual gross income of Rmb 1,500-2,000 per mu. In 1996, the cultivated area of tobacco in Pengyang was 11,000 mu.⁷ 2004, Peter Ho, “The Wasteland Auction Policy in Northwest China: Solving Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty?”, in Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 125:
    • A woman boils water in a kettle using solar energy panels at a village of Pengyang county, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, December 4, 2007. China wants rich economies to back a fund to speed the spread of greenhouse gas-cutting technology in poor nations as it seeks to persuade delegates at global warming talks the focus of responsibility belongs on the West. 2007 December 4, “China wants Bali talks to back technology fund”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2022, Environment:

Translations (2)

yue 彭陽 /彭阳 (county) · cmn 彭陽 /彭阳 (county)

Pengyang en · PROPN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. Synonym of Pyongyang.
    • The name assigned was the Prefecture Apostolic of Pengyang. Today the city is known as Pyongyang. 1954, Albert J. Nevins, “Korea—The Hermit Kingdom”, in The Meaning of Maryknoll, New York: McMullen Books, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 83:
    • As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place. 1943, Fang Chao-ying, “SUNG Chʻing [宋慶]”, in Arthur W. Hummel, editor, Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644–1912), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1970, →OCLC, page 687, column 2:
    • The origins of Korea, like those of every other ancient state, are obscure. According to legend, a group of Koreans gathered under a tree in 2333 B.C. and elected as their king a man known as Dangun. He established his capital at Pengyang and named the country Chosen, “the Land of Morning Calm.” 1944, Robert T. Oliver, “Early History”, in Korea: Forgotten Nation, Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, →OCLC, page 32:

Synonyms

Pyongyang