Chuxiong
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 楚雄 (Chǔxióng).
Proper noun
Chuxiong
- An Yi autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China
- [1947, Rock, Joseph F., The Ancient Na-khi Kingdom of Southwest China, volume 1, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
- The town of Ch’u-hsiung is walled, rather long, and possesses about 15,000 inhabitants. In the Han dynasty Ch'u-hsiung belonged to the territory of I Chou.]
- [1966 [1637], Sung, Ying-Hsing, “The Metals”, in E-Tu Zen Sun; Shiou-Chuan Sun, transl., Chinese Technology in the Seventeenth Century: T'ien-kung K'ai-wu, Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, published 1997, →ISBN, LCCN 96-53237, OCLC 924843306, pages 238, 241:
- Most of the Yunnan silver is produced in Ch’u-hsiung, Yung-ch’ang, and Ta-li, with Ch’ü-ching and Yao-an ranking second, followed by Chen-yuan. […] At Ch’u-hsiung, a different method is used. Because of the low lead content of the local ore, lead is purchased from other places for the purpose of smelting.]
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