Meanings
proper noun
- A county-level city of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.
The facility – located in western Liaoning, near Inner Mongolia and Hebei – is one of six prisons in Lingyuan, a small city with a population of 650,000.
2018 October 5, Mimi Lau, “Daring prison break in guards’ uniforms grips China”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2018, China
Origin
- Mandarin凌源
- EnglishLingyuan
From Mandarin 凌源 (Língyuán).
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Chinese Cantonese 凌源
- 凌源 (ling⁴ jyun⁴)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 凌源
- 凌源 (Língyuán)county-level city
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APA
Lingyuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lingyuan
MLA
“Lingyuan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lingyuan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lingyuan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lingyuan.
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