Hancheng

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: hänʹchǔngʹ Hyphenation: Han‧cheng === Etymology 1 === From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 邗城 (Hánchéng), from 邗溝 / 邗沟 (Hángōu, “Han Canal”) + 城 (chéng, “wall, walled city”), from its placement to guard the southern end of the canal beside the Yangtze. ==== Proper noun ==== Hancheng (historical) A former town in China, located within modern Yangzhou. ===== Synonyms ===== Yangzhou (inexact) ===== Related terms ===== Han, Hangou, Hanjiang ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From the Mandarin 韓城 / 韩城 (Hánchéng), from the earlier march of 韓國 / 韩国 (Hánguó) in the area, from 韓 / 韩 (hán, “puteal”). ==== Proper noun ==== Hancheng A county-level city of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hancheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1228, column 1