Fuling

Fuling

See also: fúlíng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Fu-ling

Etymology

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 涪陵 (Fúlíng).

Proper noun

Fuling

1. A district of Chongqing, China.
   • 1976 August, Hsia, Nai, “New Archaeological Finds Enrich Study of Early Science”, in China Reconstructs‎, China Welfare Institute, ISSN 0009-4447, OCLC 1554324, page 36, column 3:

     Carved stone inscriptions at Fuling, Szechuan, record low water levels in 72 different years beginning with A.D. 764.

   • 1977 August, L. Y. K., “Archaeology and Yangtze Development Scheme”, in Eastern Horizon‎, volume XVI, number 8, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, ISSN 0012-8813, OCLC 751117974, page 30:

     Pictures of fish carved on stone and inscriptions recording the conditions of the Yangtze during drought years were found by archaeologists on White Crane Ridge in Fuling county of Szechwan province.

   • 2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze‎, London: John Murray, →ISBN, OCLC 804800805, OL 7860797M, page 3:

     I CAME TO FULING on the slow boat downstream from Chongqing.

Translations

district

Chinese: Mandarin: 涪陵 (zh) (Fúlíng) Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “Fuling, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Fuling at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• ingulf