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Hengyang

American

[hœng-yahng] / ˈhœŋˈyɑŋ /

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

a city in E central Hunan province, in E China.

Hengyang British

/ ˈhɛŋˈjæŋ /

noun

a city in SE central China, in Hunan province on the Xiang River. Pop: 853 000 (2005 est)

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Hengyang, a city in southern China, introduced a subsidy of nearly $5,000 to help technicians and undergraduate students buy their first homes.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022

Wang Chunguang, director of the Hengyang County Rescue Station, confirmed that the organization rescued Jixiang and “processed his case according to the law,” but said that it would be “inconvenient” to provide further details.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2016

Ge's targets were spread across the public and private sectors in more than 10 provinces and cities and the cases involved millions of yuan, it said, quoting the Hengyang procuratorate.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2013

I thought I could change trains in Hengyang, the second largest city in Hunan, but when I arrived it was 10 p.m. and the next train to Shaoyang wasn’t until 5 a.m.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2012

In bypassed Hengyang the Chinese Tenth Army held out with desperate courage.

From Time Magazine Archive

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