Xiangtan

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Xiangtan

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán, literally “[place of the] Xiang River eddy”).

proper noun Hsiangtan · Hsiang-t'an · Siangtan

A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China, on the lower Xiang River. Mao’s hometown, Xiangtan City, in Hunan Province, is spending $2.5 billion on public events celebrating him.

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name city in Hunan

中文	湘潭 Xiāngtán

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@misc{xiangtan_2026,
  title = {Xiangtan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/xiangtan},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}