Mengla

See also: mengla

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 勐臘 / 勐腊 (Měnglà).

Proper noun

Mengla

  1. A county of Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.
    • 1973 May 23 [1973 May 19], “People's Daily Cites Good Example of Youth in Rural Areas”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 100, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking Domestic Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: National Affairs, page B 6:
      According to the newsletter, when (Chu Ke-chia) graduated from a Shanghai middle school in April 1969 at the age of 17 he joined a large number of educated youths settling in the countryside. He himself settled on a production team in Mengla County, Hsihsuangpanna Thai Autonomous Chou, Yunnan Province.
    • 2020 April 3, Yew Lun Tian, Keith Zhai, Lusha Zhang, Poppy McPherson, David Stanway, “China scrambles to plug border gaps as thousands flood home”, in Raju Gopalakrishnan, editor, Reuters‎[1], archived from the original on 27 December 2024:
      In Mengla, a county in Yunnan on the border with Myanmar, traffic flows have surged since March 28 as people return to China by road following the cancellation of flights as well as toughened airport controls, residents said.

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