"Shangcheng" meaning in English

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Proper name

enPR: shängʹchǔngʹ Etymology: From Mandarin 商城 (Shāngchéng). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|商城|tr=Shāngchéng}} Mandarin 商城 (Shāngchéng) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shangcheng
  1. A county of Xinyang, Henan, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Henan, China, Places in Xinyang Translations (county): 商城 (english: soeng¹ sing⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 商城 (Shāngchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), शांगछंग (śāṅgchaṅga) (Marathi)
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          "text": "The newsletter noted that (Hsu) and his comrades-in-arms had settled on a mountain-encircled brigade in Shangcheng County in January 1969. He had died in early 1972 while working with explosives to open up Tachai-type farmland. The Shangcheng County CCP Committee had admitted him posthumously to the party in May 1972.",
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