Sungkiang

British  

/ -kaɪˈæŋ, ˈsʊŋˈkjæŋ /

noun

1. a former province of NE China: now part of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region

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Example Sentences

In March 1863 Gordon proceeded to Sungkiang to take command of the force, which had received the name of “The Ever-Victorious Army,” an encouraging though somewhat exaggerated title, considering its previous history.

From Project Gutenberg

According to Japanese authorities, Chinese were transporting cement and barbed wire to Sungkiang for the construction of defense works.

From Time Magazine Archive

At length these propositions were sanctioned, and on 26th March 1863 Major Gordon proceeded to Sungkiang, a town west of Shanghai and south of Tsingpu, to take over the command of the Chinese force, which had already been named the Ever Victorious Army, and which in his hands justified its name.

From Project Gutenberg

In order to test the quality of this force it was decided to attack Sungkiang; and in July, only a week or so after it was organised, Ward led his somewhat motley band against that place.

From Project Gutenberg

In March 1861 he reappeared at Sungkiang, at the head of sixty or seventy Europeans whom he had recruited for the Imperial cause; but at that moment the policy of the foreign Consuls had undergone a change in favour of the Taepings, and Ward was arrested as a disturber of the peace.

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