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Ichang

British  
/ ˈiːˈtʃæŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name of Yichang

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Japanese had withdrawn troops from Ichang, lunged at Chinese-held Changsha and seized it, only to be driven out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chen Cheng had driven to the south bank within sight of Ichang, and eliminated the last Japanese ferry head at Itu.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week 18 Japanese planes flew three times over Ichang, Yangtze trading centre between Hankow and Chungking.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Japanese were back almost to their starting point, had lost most of the rice bowl, had yielded control of the river from Ichang to Shasi to mine-laying squadrons of the Chinese Navy.

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This plain is so level that at Ichang, nearly a thousand miles up the Yangtse, the elevation is only 130 feet above the sea.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)

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