Bayingolin
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Uyghur بايىنغولىن (bayin'gholin), from Mongolian ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ (bayanɣool).
Proper noun
Bayingolin
- An autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang, China.
- 1989, Che Muqi (车慕奇), The Silk Road, Past and Present (丝绸之路今昔), Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, OCLC 717480364, page 209:
- Now Korla City has a population of more than 100,000 and well-developed industry and commerce. It is the capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture which covers one quarter of the area of Xinjiang.
- 1995, Alan A. Lew and Lawrence Yu, editor, Tourism in China, Westview Press, →ISBN, LCCN 94-29615, OCLC 925224382, page 197:
- Korla is the capital of the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang. The largest prefecture in all of China, Bayingolin is roughly the size of California.
- 2014, Li Xinping (李欣凭), Modern Xinjiang (活力新疆), Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, OCLC 913453080, page 8:
- In 2002, the desert road extended to the Qiemo County of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, and the government mobilized farmers to adjust planting structure immediately with an annual increase of 12,000 mu of jujubes.
- 2019 October 20, “Jujube harvest festival held in Qiemo County, China's Xinjiang”, in Li Xia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on December 7, 2019:
- Actors perform during a jujube harvest festival in Qiemo County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 19, 2019. Qiemo County, situated in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin and on the edge of the Tarim Basin, is known for high-quality jujube production.
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Synonyms
- (from Mandarin Chinese) Bayinguoleng, (shortened) Bazhou
- Bayin'gholin
- Bayangol
Translations
an autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
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