Ankang

See also: ānkāng, ànkāng, and An-k'ang

English

Alternative forms

• An-k'ang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːnˈkɑŋ/
• enPR: änʹkängʹ
• Hyphenation: An‧kang

Proper noun

Ankang

1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
   • 1934 August 11, The China Weekly Review‎^[2], volume 69, number 11, →OCLC, page 432, column 2:

     The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and Hanyin-Paiho Highways. Survey work is to be started soon.

   • 1972, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map‎^[3], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 230:

     The Han Shui valley in the extreme south, with the subregional towns of Hanchung and Ankang, and the entire northern section of Shensi remain without rail transportation.

   • 2013 October 3, “Giant Hornets Kill Dozens in China”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 October 2013, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     Hornet attacks have been reported elsewhere in China as well. Last month, a swarm attacked a primary school in the Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern China, injuring 30 people, including 23 children. But the most serious attacks, according to the state-run news media, have taken place in rural areas near Ankang City, in the southeastern part of Shaanxi Province.

Derived terms

• ankangite

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 安康 (on¹ hong¹)

  Mandarin: 安康 (zh) (Ānkāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “Ankang, An-k'ang, An-kang”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ankang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 140, column 2

Anagrams

• nangka