Mainling
English
Etymology
From Tibetan སྨན་གླིང (sman gling).
Proper noun
Mainling
- A county-level city of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
- 2023 January 18, Bernard Orr, “At least 8 killed in Tibet avalanche, Chinese govt sends team to help search for survivors”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters[1], sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on 19 January 2023, Asia Pacific[2]:
- The avalanche occurred on a section of road between Pai village in Mainling county and the exit of the Doxong La tunnel in Medog county at around 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Tuesday, with people and vehicles stranded, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
Synonyms
- (from Mandarin Chinese) Milin