Lingchuan
English
Alternative forms
- Ling-ch'uan (Wade–Giles)
Pronunciation
- enPR: lǐngʹchwänʹ[1]
Etymology 1
From Mandarin 陵川.
Proper noun
Lingchuan
Translations
county
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Etymology 2
From Mandarin 靈川 / 灵川 (Língchuān).
Proper noun
Lingchuan
- A county of Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
- 2014 October 20, “Teen invents cheap 3D printer; ‘drunks’ in police car that sped from scene”, in South China Morning Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 October 2014, China Insider[3]:
- A man from Lingchuan county near Guilin has been arrested for allegedly posing as an employee at the state power company and stealing electricity meters from more than 80 homes, the Guilin Evening News reports.
Translations
county
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lingchwan or Ling-ch’uan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1059, column 1
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lingchuan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1745, column 3