Jiading

• (obsolete) Kia-ting, Chia-ting

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉定 (Jiādìng, literally “Commendable Order”), after one of the era names under Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty.

Jiading

1. A district of Shanghai, China.
   • [1978 December, “A County Weather Station”, in China Reconstructs‎, volume XXVII, number 12, Peking, →OCLC, column 1:

     ONE evening at six o’clock, in the villages of Chiating county near Shanghai, the loudspeakers announced, "All communes and brigades take notice: Tonight there will be a heavy rain ..." This was the regular county forecast.]

   • [1981, David S. G. Goodman, “The Shanghai Connection: Shanghai's role in national politics during the 1970s”, in Christopher Howe, editor, Shanghai: Revolution and Development in an Asian Metropolis‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 142:

     For example, in late 1974, a Seven-Year Agricultural Development Plan was published for Chiating county in Shanghai.]

   • 2013 April 10, Michael Casey, “Formula One slow to catch on in China”, in USA Today‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 April 2013‎:

     Supporters insist the series is growing in China, noting that attendance at the Chinese GP has picked up since 2010 when F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone accused local organizers of not promoting the race "properly" and suggesting no one in Shanghai would have known a race was taking place. […]
     Local firms in Jiading district near the track are eager to capitalize, and those tied to the automotive industry are running electric car demonstrations and other activities to draw fans.

2. A subdistrict of Jiading, Shanghai, China.