Chiang-tzu

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 江孜 (Jiāngzī) Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-tzŭ¹.

Proper noun

Chiang-tzu

  1. Alternative form of Jiangzi (Gyantse).
    • 1964 October 26 [1963 August], Provincial Atlas of China [Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u]‎[1], Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u, Atlas Publishing House, Peiping, 16th Printing, pp 1-66, →OCLC, page 55‎[2]:
      Chiang-tzu is situated on the east back of Nien-ch'u River, a tributary of Yalutsangpo River. This is one of three large cities in Tibet. Chiang-tzu is renowned for producing Tibetan rugs, and so is called the "Home of the Tibetan Rug".
    • 1998, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia: Knowledge in Depth‎[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 208, column 2:
      The first telegraph line was strung between Kalimpong (India) and Chiang-tzu by the British in 1904. In the 1920s another line connecting Chiang-tzu with Lhasa was erected, this being the only telegraph system in use until the Chinese took over in 1951.
    • 2020, Evan McGilvray, “The Early Years”, in Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck‎[4], Pen & Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 6:
      Auchinleck commanded one of these – a company of 100 men – with orders to establish a base at Gyantse (now renamed Chiang-tzu) over 150 miles inside Tibet and 12,000ft above sea level.

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