Minhang

English
Minhang District in Shanghai

Alternative forms
  • (obsolete) Minhong

Etymology

From the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 閔行 (Mǐnháng).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɪnhɑŋ/, /mɪnhæŋ/

Proper noun

Minhang

  1. A district of Shanghai, China.
    • 1964, Jen, Yu-ti (任育地), “The Middle and Lower Yangtze Region”, in A Concise Geography of China (中国地理概述)‎, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, OCLC 799178199, page 114:
      Innovations and new construction of the last decade have brought about remarkable changes in Shanghai’s industrial outlook. A dozen industrial districts, such as Minhang, Woosung and Pengpu, which have been built up or extended, have done much to remedy the inadequacies and overconcentration of the past.
    • 2022 June 8, “Shanghai's Minhang district announces new lockdown”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 09 June 2022, China‎:
      The sprawling district of Minhang in central Shanghai has implemented new lockdown measures to detect and control COVID-19 transmission risks, the district government said on Thursday.

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