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Loyang

British  
/ ˈləʊˈjæŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Luoyang

"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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There was a worse, though still remote possibility: from Loyang, the Japanese might try to push on westward through the famed Tungkwan mountain pass, spill into the loess plain of Shansi.

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In Loyang we went to call on Bishop Thomas Megan of Eldora, Iowa, a greathearted Irish padre.

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Loyang, where the emperors of the Chou dynasty held court seven centuries before Christ, was ablaze.

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Then from Tokyo came the jubilant claim: 2,000 Chinese soldiers had been killed, 4,000 captured in Loyang.

From Time Magazine Archive

He subdued all the northern provinces, established his capital at Loyang, and compelled Mingti to seek safety in Szchuen, when he abdicated in favor of his son.

From China by Demetrius Charles Boulger

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