Jiangling

See also: jiànglǐng and Jiānglíng

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陵 (Jiānglíng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌlɪŋ/

Proper noun

Jiangling

  1. A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
    • [1978, Peng Hao, “The Sword of the Price of Yueh Found in a Tomb of Chu in Kiangling”, in New Archaeological Finds in China (II): More Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution‎[1], 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 43, 47:
      CHINANCHENG,¹ five kilometres north of Kiangling County² town in Hupeh Province, was known as Ying³ during the Spring and Autumn (770-475 B.C.) and Warring States (475-221 B.C.) periods, when it was the capital of the State of Chu.⁴
      ²江陵]
    • 2007 November 9, “China jails 3 for selling fake pig disease vaccine”, in Reuters‎[2], archived from the original on 17 May 2021, Latest Crisis‎[3]:
      The three were given jail sentences ranging from one and a half to 3 years for selling bogus vaccine that lead to the death of more than 500 pigs and losses of 328,250 yuan ($44,280) for a company in Jiangling county, in central Hubei province, […] reported, citing a court official.
      Police in Jiangling had also charged a local vaccine inspection official with "dereliction of duty" for his involvement in the case, the paper added.

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