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Hancheng¹

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 邗城 (Hánchéng), from 邗溝 /邗沟 (Hángōu, “Han Canal”) + 城 (chéng, “wall, walled city”), from its placement to guard the southern end of the canal beside the Yangtze.

proper noun

  1. historical A former town in China, located within modern Yangzhou.

    Similar: Yangzhou

Hancheng²

Where it comes from

From the Mandarin 韓城 /韩城 (Hánchéng), from the earlier march of 韓國 /韩国 (Hánguó) in the area, from 韓 /韩 (hán, “puteal”).

proper noun

  1. A county-level city of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. To hasten the conclusion of the Communist-suppression campaign by checking the retreat of the Red remnants from Shansi back to Shensi, General Yang Hu-cheng, Pacification Commissioner for Shensi, has established a provisional headquarters at Hancheng on the Shensi-Shansi border about 70 kilometers s

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name ancient Yangzhou

中文邗城 Hánchéng

name county

中文韓城 /韩城 Hánchéng

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@misc{hancheng_2026,
  title = {Hancheng},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hancheng},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}