Lintong

Lin·tong
L1I1N1T1O1N1G2

proper noun

A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Lin-t'ung

  1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

    The Xian housing bureau also expanded existing curbs to include one more district, Lintong. It said the new purchase rules take effect immediately.

    2019 June 20, Yawen Chen, Ryan Woo, “China's top performing property market in May tightens purchase rules”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2019, Asia
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    On the morning of June 24, we drove east to Huaching Pool, which is outside the city of Sian. This time my tourist guide was a young lady. Huaching Pool is situated near the north side of Lishan Hill in Lintung County, twenty-five kilometers east of Sian.

    [1980, T. Y. Wong, “Sian—the Old Capital”, in My Y-Shaped Travels in China, 1st edition, Smithtown, New York: Exposition Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35

    Vegetable farmers in the Lintong district of Xian, in Shaanxi province, were forced to plough over more than 10 hectares of celery growing in their fields last week after failing to find buyers, the Huashang Daily reported.

    2016 June 13, Stephen Chen, “‘Tearful’ Chinese farmers lose tens of thousands of yuan as hot weather causes early celery harvest”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2024, China

Origin

  1. Mandarin臨潼 /临潼
  2. EnglishLintong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨潼 /临潼.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 臨潼 /临潼
  • 臨潼 /临潼district
Chinese Mandarin 臨潼 /临潼
  • 臨潼 /临潼district

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Cite this entry
APA

Lintong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lintong

MLA

“Lintong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lintong. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lintong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lintong.

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