Huang-kang

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 黃岡／黄冈 (Huang²-kang¹).

Huang-kang

1. Alternative form of Huanggang
   • 1948, Hsien Chin Hu, edited by Ralph Linton, The Common Descent Group in China and its Functions‎, New York: The Viking Fund, page 71:

     The tsu of Chʻên in Huang-kang, Hupei, instituted school-land which was contributed by a number of members, each giving 5 mou.

   • 1975, Michael Y. M. Kau, editor, The Lin Piao Affair‎, International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:

     Comrade Hu Liang-yin, the principal of the school, was one of the earliest founders of the Party organization at the Huang-kang area, and he was an outstanding member of our Party.

   • 1982, John Meskill, Academies in Ming China‎, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 123:

     Men who lectured at Wen-Chin itself came predominantly from the same region. There were twenty-nine from Huang-kang, six from Ma-ch'eng, and three each from Huang-an and Huang-p'o.

   • 2004, David Crystal, editor, The Penguin Encyclopedia‎, 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 901:

     Lin Biao or Lin Piao [lin byow] (1907-71) Chinese military leader, born in Huang-kang, EC China. He trained at Whampoa military academy in 1926, joined the Communists, and became a marshal of the Red Army.

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Hwangkang or Huang-kang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 819, column 1