Jinggangshan City
/ˌdʒɪŋˌɡɑːŋˈʃɑːn ˈsɪti/noun
A county-level city in Jiangxi Province, China, named after the Jinggang Mountains.
Did you know?Jinggangshan is famous as an early revolutionary base associated with Mao Zedong and the formation of the Chinese Red Army in the late 1920s.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Chinese
Chinese
井
“Well; a source or shaft of water”
Classical Chinese
Chinese
岡
“Ridge, hill, or elevated ground”
Classical Chinese
Chinese
山
“Mountain”
Ming–Qing period
Chinese
井岡山
“Jinggang Mountain; the name of the mountain region in Jiangxi”
20th Century
Chinese
井冈山市
“Jinggangshan City, an administrative city named for the mountain region”
Modern English
English
Jinggangshan City
“The standard English rendering of the Chinese place name”