Bayingolin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur بايىنغولىن (bayin'gholin), from Mongolian ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ (bayanɣool).

Proper noun

Bayingolin

  1. A Mongol autonomous prefecture in the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • 1989, Che Muqi (车慕奇), 丝绸之路今昔 [The Silk Road, Past and Present]‎[1], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 209:
      Now Korla City has a population of more than 100,000 and well-developed industry and commerce. It is the capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture which covers one quarter of the area of Xinjiang.
    • 1995, Alan A. Lew, Lawrence Yu, editors, Tourism in China‎[2], Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 197:
      Korla is the capital of the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang. The largest prefecture in all of China, Bayingolin is roughly the size of California.
    • 2014, 李欣凭 [Li Xinping], 活力新疆 [Modern Xinjiang]‎[3], Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 8:
      In 2002, the desert road extended to the Qiemo County of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, and the government mobilized farmers to adjust planting structure immediately with an annual increase of 12,000 mu of jujubes.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Bayingolin.

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