Siangtanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: sē-ängʹtänʹ, shē-ängʹtänʹ

固有名詞

Siangtan

1. Dated form of Xiangtan.
   • 1907, Mark Tennien, Marshall Broomhall, editor, The Chinese Empire: A General & Missionary Survey‎^[1], London: Morgan & Scott, page 169:

     Steam navigation is in its infancy: four small 600-ton steamers ply between Hankow, Changsha, and Siangtan; and there are also perhaps a score of launches plying in and out of the province.

   • 1926 April 27, “April 27, 1926 - Changsha”, in Healing, Romance & Revolution‎^[2], →ISBN, page 245:

     After returning from the long walk which was about ten miles, I had a note from Les Walker asking me to go riding, so after a short snooze I went with him out the wide military road toward Siangtan. I don’t know how far we went but it was great fun and a good evening.

   • 1927, Hail, William James, Tsêng Kuo Fan And The Taiping Rebellion: With a Short Sketch of His Later Career‎^[3], Yale History Press, OCLC 1027538276, page 78:

     A small force was dispatched towards the city of Siangtan with instructions to circle around the hills and join the main body, which, on the night of November 30, crossed the river on a pontoon bridge and marched westward to Yiyang. Their simple ruse had sent the imperialists scurrying along the east bank to Siangtan, thus permitting the rebels to escape without molestation. They had beleaguered Changsha since the tenth of September.

   • 1962, E. Willard Miller, A Geography of Manufacturing‎^[4], Prentice-Hall, Inc., page 245:

     In Hunan, the cities of Changsha, Chuchow, Siangtan, and Hengyang, located on the Hankow-Canton railroad or one of its major spurs, form a growing industrial district. Changsha is important in the processing of nonferrous metals, including antimony, lead and silver, and has long been noted for its handicrafts including embroidery and porcelain. Since 1949, Siangtan has become an industrial center, producing electrical goods, wire, machine tools, cement and chemicals. A cotton textile plant is also found in the city.