Changsha

See also: Chángshā and Ch'ang-sha

English

Alternative forms

• Ch'ang-sha (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 長ちょう沙すな／长沙 (Chángshā).

Pronunciation

• enPR: chängʹshäʹ
• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃɑ/, /t͡ʃɑŋ-/

Proper noun

Changsha

1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hunan, in south-central China.
   • [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:

     Changxa commands over eleven Cities, as Changxa, Siangtan, Siangin, Ninghiang, Lieuyang, Liling, Jeyang, Sianghang, Xeu, Ganhoa, Chaling.]

   • 1868, Albert S. Bickmore, “Sketch of a Journey from Canton to Hankow, through China”, in American Journal of Science and Arts‎^[2], volume XLVI, page 16:

     The most important place for trade in Hunan is Siangtan, 90 li south of Changsha.

   • 1976 July 25, L. Chen, “Athletics under Maoist politics”, in 自由じゆう中國ちゅうごく週報しゅうほう [Free China Weekly]‎^[3], volume XVII, number 29, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     A Communist report from Hunan has quoted "a ranking comrade of the Party Central" as having issued this instruction: "Athletes should be trained from childhood." It is believed that Mao made the remark.
     Accordingly, most of the table tennis winners have been teenagers. The youngest at an athletic meet in Changsha in 1973 was a boy of 14.

   • 2016 May 17, Cherie Chan, “Chinese gay couple marry despite court ruling”, in DW News‎^[4], archived from the original on 18 May 2016, LGBT RIGHTS‎^[5]:

     In a restaurant in Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan province, Hu Mingliang and Sun Wenlin exchanged their wedding rings, and received blessings from over 200 friends, relatives, as well as LGBT rights activists from around the country.

   • 2023 March 9, Manohla Dargis, “‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value”, in The New York Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 March 2023, Movies‎^[7]:

     Lynn (Yao Honggui) and her boyfriend, Zhang (Liu Long), are shacked up in a hotel in the city of Changsha in Hunan province.

2. A county of Changsha, Hunan, China.
3. (historical) A former island in the Yangtze estuary in eastern China, now part of Chongming Island.
4. A town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China.
5. A township in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China.
6. A village in Huangqi, Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Translations

city in south-central China and other locations in China

• Arabic: تْشَانْغ شَا f (tšang šā), تْشَانْغْشَا f (tšangšā)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 長ちょう沙すな／长沙 (coeng⁴ saa¹)

  Eastern Min: 長ちょう沙すな／长沙 (Diòng-să)

  Mandarin: 長ちょう沙すな／长沙 (zh) (Chángshā)

  Xiang: 長ちょう沙すな／长沙 (zhan² sa¹)

• Finnish: Changsha
• Hungarian: Csangsa (hu)
• Japanese: 長ちょう沙すな (ちょうさ, Chōsa)
• Korean: 창사 (Changsa), 장사(長ちょう沙すな) (ko) (Jangsa)
• Lao: ຊາງຊາ (sāng sā)
• Manchu: ᠴᠠᠩ
  ᡧᠠ (cang ša)
• Russian: Чанша́ f (Čanšá)
• Thai: ฉางชา
• Uyghur: چاڭشا (changsha)
• Vietnamese: Trường Sa (vi)
• Zhuang: Cangzsah

Further reading

• “Changsha”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Changsha, Ch'ang-sha at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Changsha”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Changsha”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Changsha” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Changsha”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 726, column 1