Jiangling
See also: jiànglǐng and Jiānglíng
English
Alternative forms
- (postal romanization) Kiangling
- (from Wade–Giles) Chiang-ling
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 江陵 (Jiānglíng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌlɪŋ/
Proper noun
Jiangling
- A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- [1971, “Historical Relic Unearthed During the Cultural Revolution”, in Eastern Horizon, volume X, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, ISSN 0012-8813, OCLC 751117974, page 26, column 2:
- A group of bronzes of the late Western Chou were uncovered in Chingshan County, Hupeh Province, and 25 pieces of stone ching (musical chimes) with a painted design of the State of Chu were found in Chiangling County of the same province.]
- [1975 October, “Newly-Found Han Tomb Relics and Male Corpse”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 10, Peking, OCLC 7513641, pages 40, column 1:
- The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.]
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Translations
county in central China
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