Wondering how to use Luoyang in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as city or metropolis.
Luoyang in a sentence
Luoyang meaning
- A prefecture-level city of Henan, China, near the Luo's confluence with the Yellow River; a former capital of China.
- A town in the district of Zengdu in the prefecture-level city of Suizhou, Hubei, China.
- A community in the district of Luojiang in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China, famed for a celebrated bridge.
Synonyms of Luoyang
Using Luoyang
- The main meaning on this page is: A prefecture-level city of Henan, China, near the Luo's confluence with the Yellow River; a former capital of China. | A town in the district of Zengdu in the prefecture-level city of Suizhou, Hubei, China. | A community in the district of Luojiang in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China, famed for a celebrated bridge.
- Useful related words include: loyang, city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, luoyang often appears in combinations such as: of luoyang, luoyang and, capital luoyang.
Context around Luoyang
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Luoyang
- In this selection, "luoyang" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, capital, capitals, decreased, hulao and zhang stand out and add context to how "luoyang" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an and luoyang the former and both capitals luoyang and chang. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "luoyang" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with luoyang
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
From the reign of Guangwu the capital was moved eastward to Luoyang. (12 words)
He sailed down the Yellow River, stopped by Luoyang, and visited Taiyuan before going home. (15 words)
However, Jin retained its former eastern capital, Luoyang, as well as most of the Chinese heartland. (16 words)
After defeating the Later Qin army in several battles, as well as an army of Northern Wei troops which had crossed to assist the Later Qin, Liu Yu recaptured the vital cities of Chang'an and Luoyang, the former capitals of the Jin Empire. (44 words)
On the evening of 24 September 189, General Dong Zhuo observed that Luoyang was set ablaze—as a result of a power struggle between the eunuchs and civil service—and commanded his army forward to strike down the disorder. (39 words)
The sack of southern port Guangzhou in 879 was followed by massacre of most of its inhabitants, along with the large foreign merchant enclaves. citation citation By 881, both capitals Luoyang and Chang'an fell successively. (36 words)
Example sentences (14)
After defeating the Later Qin army in several battles, as well as an army of Northern Wei troops which had crossed to assist the Later Qin, Liu Yu recaptured the vital cities of Chang'an and Luoyang, the former capitals of the Jin Empire.
As the emperor had lost any remaining military or political power, Dong Zhuo became the de facto leader of Luoyang's government.
Considering the hardships of that time this amounted to a death sentence for many, and cries of discontent rose as the population of Luoyang decreased sharply.
During the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) the capital of China was moved to Beijing, eliminating the need for the canal arm flowing west to Kaifeng or Luoyang.
Events * 190 Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
From the reign of Guangwu the capital was moved eastward to Luoyang.
He sailed down the Yellow River, stopped by Luoyang, and visited Taiyuan before going home.
However, Jin retained its former eastern capital, Luoyang, as well as most of the Chinese heartland.
It was extended north from the Hangzhou region across the Yangzi to Yangzhou and then northwest to the region of Luoyang.
On the evening of 24 September 189, General Dong Zhuo observed that Luoyang was set ablaze—as a result of a power struggle between the eunuchs and civil service—and commanded his army forward to strike down the disorder.
The sack of southern port Guangzhou in 879 was followed by massacre of most of its inhabitants, along with the large foreign merchant enclaves. citation citation By 881, both capitals Luoyang and Chang'an fell successively.
Though this move effectively ended the century-long feud between the eunuchs and the imperial family, this event prompted the invitation of Dong Zhuo to the outskirts of Luoyang from the northwest boundary of China.
Under the able general Dao Yanzhi, however, Liu Song recovered the four cities of Luoyang, Hulao, Huatai and Qiao'ao south of the Yellow River.
While traveling to Luoyang, Zhang passed by a hot spring near Mount Li and dedicated one of his earliest fu poems to it.
Common combinations with luoyang
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of luoyang 4×
- luoyang and 3×
- capital luoyang 2×
- to luoyang 2×