Chekiang

British  

/ -kaɪˈæŋ, ˈtʃɛˈkjæŋ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Zhejiang

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Example Sentences

His son was the notorious Kue-Sing, or Koxinga, who for years resisted the armies of the Manchus, and maintained an independent power over the coasts of Fukien and Chekiang.

From Project Gutenberg

Worse, the Japanese army tried to punish all Chinese who might have helped the downed pilots, and the slaughter in Chekiang and Kiangsu provinces took a toll estimated at more than 200,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this campaign the air force was fighting for its own survival as well as for the ground troops; if the Japs could seize the whole railroad, and mop up eastern China at their leisure, Chennault would lose vital bases in Kiwangsi, Fukien and Chekiang provinces from which his patrols now fan out over Shanghai, Hong Kong and the South China Sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Born the son of a small-town salt merchant in Chekiang province on China's central coast, Chiang trained as a soldier, spoke like a revolutionary, and seemed destined for power.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chiang's body will be "temporarily interred" at Tzu Lake, a favored scenic spot 25 miles south of Taipei, until the "recovery of the mainland" permits permanent burial in his old capital at Nanking or in his native Chekiang province.

From Time Magazine Archive