Longxi
See also: Lǒngxī
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Lung-hsi
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 隴西/陇西 (Lǒngxī).
Proper noun
Longxi
- A county of Dingxi, Gansu, China
- 1997, Dai, Dongdong, “Shepherd Girl”, in Howard Giskin, editor, Chinese Folktales, Lincolnwood, Illinois: NTC Publishing, →ISBN, LCCN 96-7983, OCLC 34547212, OL 8243566M, page 54:
- I come from Longxi County in Gansu Province.
- 2021 November 29, “iQIYI Debuts Original Series Luoyang Globally, As Part of Its IP Universe”, in AP News, PR Newswire, archived from the original on 29 November 2021:
- The launch marks Luoyang the first city to be featured in the iQIYI Chinese Historic City Universe (iCHCU), which, encompassing a variety of content drawing inspiration from Beijing, Guangzhou, Longxi county of Dingxi, Dunhuang, Nanjing, and other Chinese cities, aims to bridge between China’s local culture and iQIYI’s global audience.
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- (historical) A region in Gansu west of Mount Long
- 2015, Whitehouse, David, “The Messengers”, in Journey to the Centre of the Earth: The Remarkable Voyage of Scientific Discovery into the Heart our World, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, OCLC 905096084, page 60:
- On one occasion, or so legend has it, a ball fell from a dragon; when no tremor could be felt, scholars were mystified. But many days later came reports of an earthquake in Longxi (present-day Western Gansu Province) a thousand kilometres away.
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- (historical) A commandery of ancient China in the southern area of present-day Gansu
Translations
county
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Anagrams
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