Jiangmen

== English == === Alternative forms === Chiang-men (Wade–Giles) === Etymology === From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江門 / 江门 (Jiāngmén, literally “River Gate”), after its location at the mouth of the Xi or West River. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑŋ.mɛn/ enPR: jyäng′mŭn′ Hyphenation: Jiang‧men === Proper noun === Jiangmen A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China. ==== Synonyms ==== (from Cantonese) Kongmoon, Kong Moon, Kiangmoon ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “Jiangmen, Chiang-men, Kongmoon, Kong Moon”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Sunwui”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1846, column 1: “Present Sunwui was called Kongmoon, Mandarin Kiangmen or Chiang-men, until made co. ⊙ in 1931.” Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiangmen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1446, column 2