Hainan, Zhuya, Qiongya, or Qiongzhou Island? Historical changes of names of the largest China's island

0563957 - OÚ 2023 eng A - Abstract
Liščák, Vladimír
Hainan, Zhuya, Qiongya, or Qiongzhou Island? Historical changes of names of the largest China's island.
[Praha. Meeting of the East Central and South-East Europe Division of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names /26./, 18.05.2022]
Method of presentation: Přednáška
Event organizer: East Central and South-East Europe Division (ECSEED) of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names UNGEGN
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : China * historical geography * Hainan Island * historical changes of the name
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

During its history Hainan several times changed its Chinese name, but in Western sources and maps it still remained mostly as Hainan. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Western explorers referred to the island as “Aynam”, which remains the pronunciation of its name in the local Hainanese dialect. The most prominent in modern history was "Qiongya", the name "Hainan" was returned to this island only in 1950, when it was liberated and became a part of the PRCh.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0336135