Yuanqu

See also: yuānqū, yuánqū, yuǎnqù, and Yuānqú

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 垣曲.

Proper noun

Yuanqu

1. A county of Yuncheng, Shanxi, China.
   • [1963 June 24, Chung-chien Yang, “Questions of Neotectonics in the Northern Foothills of the Ch'inling”, in V. N. Pavlinov, editor, Works of the First Conference on Neotectonics in China‎^[1], →OCLC, page 123:

     In the fluvial deposits which have developed to the west of the village of T'ungeshanchen in Yuanchu County of Shenhsi^{[sic – meaning Shanhsi]} Province, one can find the Nihewan fauna (Axis rugosus, etc.).]

   • 2007 July 31, “China floods put Three Gorges Dam to the test”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 2016-03-05, Technology‎^[3]:

     Rescuers prepare to rescue villagers who are stranded in a flooding river in Yuanqu county, north China's Shanxi province July 30, 2007.

   • 2009 September 13, “HK businessman gets partial payout after 10-year fight over hijacking of Shanxi firm”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 December 2023:

     After a 10-year fight for compensation, a Hong Kong businessman who says he is owed millions after his company was hijacked by officials in Yuanqu county, Shanxi, has received less than a third of his investment back.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 垣曲 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yuanqu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3536, column 3