Chongqing

//t͡ʃɑŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A direct-administered municipality and city in western China.

    "Nanking attempted to maintain a nominal sovereignty by appointing Liu Xiang commissioner for the suppression of banditry (that is, communism) in 1933, but the province really eluded its control, and continued to do so until 1938, when the central government was driven back to Chongqing."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 重慶 /重庆 (Chóngqìng).

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