"Lianjiang" meaning in English

See Lianjiang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

enPR: lyěnʹjyängʹ Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 連江/连江 (Liánjiāng). Etymology templates: {{commonscat|Lianjiang County}}, {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|連江}} 連江/连江 (Liánjiāng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lianjiang
  1. A county of Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China. Categories (place): Counties of People's Republic of China, Places in China, Places in Fujian
    Sense id: en-Lianjiang-en-name-FkMFCilf
  2. A town in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China. Categories (place): Places in Anhui, Places in China, Towns in Anhui, Towns in China
    Sense id: en-Lianjiang-en-name-x7T8GAdZ
  3. Alternative form of Lienchiang, a county of Fujian, Taiwan (Republic of China), administrative name for the Matsu Islands. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Lienchiang (extra: a county of Fujian, Taiwan (Republic of China), administrative name for the Matsu Islands) Categories (place): Counties of Taiwan (Republic of China), Places in China, Places in Fujian
    Sense id: en-Lianjiang-en-name-7eTe7vYG Categories (other): Terms with Hokkien translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 32 25 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Lienkong (english: Postal Romanization, Fujian/Taiwan), Lienchiang, Lien-chiang (alt: Wade–Giles), Lienkiang (english: Postal Romanization) Translations (county in eastern China; town in eastern China ; alternative form of Lienchiang (Matsu Islands)): 連江 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 连江 (Liân-kang) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 連江 (Chinese Mandarin), 连江 (Liánjiāng) (Chinese Mandarin)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'county in eastern China; town in eastern China ; alternative form of Lienchiang (Matsu Islands)': 39 16 45

Proper name

enPR: lyěnʹjyängʹ Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 廉江 (Liánjiāng). Etymology templates: {{commonscat|Lianjiang, Guangdong}}, {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|廉江}} 廉江 (Liánjiāng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lianjiang
  1. A county-level city in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. Categories (place): Cities in Guangdong, Places in China, Places in Guangdong Synonyms: Limkong (english: Postal Romanization) Translations (county-level city in southern China): 廉江 (Liánjiāng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Lianjiang-en-name-9M3AzajX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 15 14 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 15 12 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 15 16 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 14 15 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 15 14 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Lienchiang, Lien-chiang (alt: Wade–Giles), Lienkiang (english: Postal Romanization)
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1995 May 2 [1995 April 28], Zhou Xiang (0719 5046), “Matzu Troops Fire at Fishermen, Killing One”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, numbers 95-084, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 88, column 2:",
          "text": "When a fishing boat of Huangqi township of Fujian's Lianjiang county, which was engaged in nongovernmental trade, was having a transaction with a Matzu trader near the waters of Matzu island on the afternoon of 23 April, the troops garrisoned in Matzu opened fire at them, killing one and injuring two.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 September 7, David W. Chen, “For Many Chinese, America's Allure Is Fading”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-27, World:",
          "text": "In a small store in Tingjiang, across the Min River in Lianjiang County, questions about smuggling people into America prompted a lively discussion.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sheldon X. Zhang, Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 210:",
          "text": "A few years ago, this community leader’s wife had “divorced” him, “married” a U.S. citizen, and immigrated to the United States with their two children. He was the only member of his family still in Lianjiang.",
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        {
          "ref": "2020 May 13, Gary Sheftick, “MacArthur awardee proud of Asian-Pacific heritage”, in Army News Service:",
          "text": "Mei’s family lived in Lianjiang County, directly across from the island of Taiwan. Beginning in the late 1980s, the people of her county began a massive emigration to western nations like the United Kingdom and the U.S.\nAs a young girl, Mei actually had dreams of someday joining the People’s Liberation Army in China. After beginning school, though, she was impressed with her instructors there and decided to aim her sights instead on becoming a teacher.\nShe attended Lianjiang Shangde High School, which she said is one of the best schools in the area to prepare students for college.\n“It was very competitive,” she added.",
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          "english": "Chinese Mainland and Taiwan: A Study of Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Relations with Documents",
          "ref": "1996, T. K. Tong, “Historical Relations”, in Winberg Chai, May-lee Chai, editors, 中國大陸與臺灣 [Chinese Mainland and Taiwan: A Study of Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Relations with Documents], Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 46:",
          "text": "With the promulgation of the Statue^([sic – meaning Statute]) for the Security and Guidance of Quemoy, Matsu, and the Pratas and Spratly Areas on August 7, 1992, the villagers in Jinmen and Lianjiang (Lienchiang, i.e. Matsu) counties held their first elections in November 1993 respectively to have their county magistrates locally elected.",
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          "ref": "2019 June 9, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: The airwaves of ‘freedom’”, in Taipei Times:",
          "text": "With programs such as Taiwan’s Advancements and Every Road Leads to Freedom, the Matsu Broadcasting Station (馬祖廣播電台) commenced its daily broadcasts toward the coast of China’s Fujian Province on June 15, 1959.\nAt the ribbon-cutting ceremony, then-political warfare bureau chief Chiang Chien-jen (蔣堅忍) announced the station’s objectives: to provide entertainment to the soldiers stationed on the tiny island off the coast of China and to “broadcast the voice of justice and freedom to sway the hearts of our compatriots on the mainland.”\nAccording to the Chronicle of Lianjiang County (連江縣誌), that year the station broadcast 1,872 hours of propaganda, leading to 53 communist defections.\nAlthough Taiwan had been broadcasting propaganda to China since 1949, the station’s establishment was part of a nationwide effort in 1959 to ramp up its psychological warfare operations. In Matsu, this included upgrading the existing loudspeakers and setting up a facility to send balloons containing propaganda messages.",
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