Lung-yen

A form of longyan — A white grape variety from Zhuolu (涿鹿) in Hebei, China; a grape of this variety, or a wine made from such grapes.

OriginMandarin 龍巖 /龙岩 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Longyan.

    In October the army captured eight counties in western Fukien and established a “Committee on the Rehabilitation of Western Fukien” (Min-hsi shan-hou wei-yuan-hui) at Lung-yen.

    1977, Angela N. S. Hsi, “Socialist Reform and the Fukien Rebellion 1932—34”, in Journal of Asian History, volume 11, number 1, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7
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    After the Nineteenth Route Army had recovered the area around Lung-yen in western Fukien from the communists in October 1932, Hsü took the initiative in establishing the Reconstruction Council.

    1974, Lloyd E. Eastman, The Abortive Revolution, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 99

Origin

  1. Mandarin龍巖 /龙岩
  2. EnglishLung-yen

From Mandarin 龍巖 /龙岩 (Lóngyán), Wade–Giles romanization: Lung²-yen².

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Lung-yen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lung-yen

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“Lung-yen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lung-yen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lung-yen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lung-yen.

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