Jiangling

Jiang·ling
J8I1A1N1G2L1I1N1G2
/ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌlɪŋ/

proper noun

A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kiangling · alternative Chiang-ling · alternative Chiangling

  1. A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

    CHINANCHENG,¹ five kilometres north of Kiangling County² town in Hupeh Province, was known as Ying³ during the Spring and Autumn (770-475 B.C.) and Warring States (475-221 B.C.) periods, when it was the capital of the State of Chu.⁴

    [1978, Peng Hao, “The Sword of the Price of Yueh Found in a Tomb of Chu in Kiangling”, in New Archaeological Finds in China (II): More Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution, 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 43, 47
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    The three were given jail sentences ranging from one and a half to 3 years for selling bogus vaccine that lead to the death of more than 500 pigs and losses of 328,250 yuan ($44,280) for a company in Jiangling county, in central Hubei province,[…]reported, citing a court official. Police in Jiangling had also charged a local vaccine inspection official with "dereliction of duty" for his involvement in the case, the paper added.

    2007 November 9, “China jails 3 for selling fake pig disease vaccine”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 17 May 2021, Latest Crisis

Origin

  1. Mandarin江陵
  2. EnglishJiangling

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陵 (Jiānglíng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 江陵
  • 江陵 (gong¹ ling⁴)county in central China
Chinese Mandarin 江陵
  • 江陵 (Jiānglíng)county in central China
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