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Nanchang
Nanchang , city (1994 est. pop. 1,168,700), capital of Jiangxi prov., China, on the Gan River, near the southern end of Poyang Lake. A major transportation center, it has a port, rail links to Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Hunan, and an airport. It is a large economic and industrial center with machine shops, food-processing establishments, textile and paper mills, and plants making chemicals, tractors, cement, tires, and pharmaceuticals. An old walled city, Nanchang dates from the Sung dynasty (12th cent.), but it received its present name in the Ming dynasty. Nanchang is considered the birthplace of the People's Liberation Army. There, in 1927, a force of 30,000 Communist troops, led by Zhu De , rose against the Kuomintang government and briefly established the first soviet republic in China. Occupied by the Japanese (1939-45) in World War II, Nanchang was reoccupied by the Nationalists in 1945 but fell to the Communists in 1949. An agricultural institute and a medical college are in the city. It is also called Nanjing. |
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"Nanchang." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nanchang." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Nanchang.html "Nanchang." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Nanchang.html |
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Nanchang
Nanchang, Jiangxi/China Yuzhang/Guanying, Hongzhou, Longxing, Hongdu ‘Flourishing South’ from nán and chāng ‘flourishing’. The ‘south’ here refers to the area south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Yuzhang, also known as Guanying, was founded in 202 bc. In due course a new town, Hongzhou from hóng ‘flood’ or ‘vast’ was built on the north‐western edge of Yuzhang and the whole town came to be known by this name during the Sui dynasty (581–617); and during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) by the name of Longxing from lóng and xīng, both ‘prosperous’. In 1284 the lóng changed to a different character with the same pronunciation meaning ‘dragon’. The city was renamed Hongdu in 1362 and during the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644) it became the Nanchang Prefecture; it was retitled Nanchang City in 1927.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Nanchang." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Nanchang." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Nanchang.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Nanchang." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Nanchang.html |
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Nan-ch'ang
Nan-ch'ang (Nan-ch'ang-hsien) City in se China; capital of Jiangxi province. It was founded as a walled city in the 3rd century bc. Army Day (August 1) commemorates the failed communist coup here in 1927. Industries: rice, tea, cotton textiles, machinery. Pop. (2002 est.) 1,077,600.
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"Nan-ch'ang." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nan-ch'ang." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Nanchang.html "Nan-ch'ang." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Nanchang.html |
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Nanchang
Nanchang •bang, Battambang, bhang, clang, Da Nang, dang, fang, gang, hang, harangue, kiang, Kuomintang, Kweiyang, Laing, Luang Prabang, meringue, Nanchang, Pahang, pang, parang, Penang, prang, Pyongyang, rang, sang, satang, Shang, shebang, Shenyang, slambang, slang, spang, sprang, Sturm und Drang, tang, thang, trepang, twang, vang, whang, Xizang, yang, Zaozhuang
•Xinjiang, Zhanjiang, Zhenjiang
•Palembang • whiz-bang • charabanc
•pressgang • chaingang • Wolfgang
•strap-hang • ylang-ylang • boomslang
•Semarang • boomerang • linsang
•Sittang • mustang
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"Nanchang." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Nanchang." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Nanchang.html "Nanchang." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Nanchang.html |
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