I-ch'ang
See also: Ichang
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 宜昌 (Yíchāng) Wade–Giles romanization: I²-chʻang¹.[1]
Proper noun
I-ch'ang
- Alternative form of Yichang
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- River streamers soon connected Nanking with Hankow, four hundred miles beyond, and finally, small steamboats sailed triumphantly up stream to I-ch'ang. Beyond I-ch'ang were the fierce rapids of the upper Yang-tzŭ, where foreign enterprise gave way before simple Chinese ingenuity.
- 2007, Ginger Gorham, Susan Rice, Travel Perspectives, 4th edition, →ISBN, LCCN 2006025055, OCLC 70866903, page 63:
- Yangtzee[sic – meaning Yangtze] River Gorges, People's Republic of China. These gorges are most notable between I-chʻang and Feng-chieh, with cliffs 1,000 feet (320 meters) high.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:I-ch'ang.
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Translations
Yichang — see Yichang
References
- Yichang, Wade-Giles romanization I-ch’ang, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- “I-ch'ang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “I-ch'ang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “I-ch'ang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
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