Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Huilong.
The head-quarters of the rebellion in the East were at a little town called Hui-lung.[…]After a short time he was invited by his co-religionists at Hui-lung to establish himself there in the position of High Priest.
1888 [1887 March 1], “The Great Mahomedan Rebellion in Yunnan”, in The China Review, volume XVI, →OCLC, pages 85–861 more example
On the first day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in the year 1907, our respected and beloved Vice Chairman Lin Piao was born to a poverty-stricken family of Lin-chia-ta-wan at the foot of Pai-yang Hill in the Hui-lung mountainous area, Huang-kang hsien, Hupei Province.
1975, Michael Y. M. Kau, editor, The Lin Piao Affair: Power Politics and Military Coup, White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6
Origin
- Mandarin回龍 /回龙
- EnglishHui-lung
From Mandarin 回龍 /回龙 (Huílóng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hui²-lung².
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