Mengla

Meng·la
M3E1N1G2L1A1

proper noun

A county of Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.

    In Mengla, a county in Yunnan on the border with Myanmar, traffic flows have surged since March 28 as people return to China by road following the cancellation of flights as well as toughened airport controls, residents said.

    2020 April 3, Yew Lun Tian, Keith Zhai, Lusha Zhang, Poppy McPherson, David Stanway, “China scrambles to plug border gaps as thousands flood home”, in Raju Gopalakrishnan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2024
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    Deployment of more than 500 workers from the Chicom labor reeducation camp in Meng-la County, Yunnan, in the early part of this month to the Muong Sing area along the Laos border to help Laotian communists build roads connecting Muong Sing with Meng-lang and with Man-chien.

    [1969 April 8 [1968 March 11], Unknown, IN RESPONSE TO VIETNAM WAR ESCALATION CHICOMS INTENSIFY MOBILIZATION AND WAR PREPARATIONS ALONG YUNNAN AND KWANGSI BORDERS, ALSO INFILTRATION INTO LAOS AND THAILAND, Foreign Technology Division, sourced from Central News Agency, Hsin Sheng Pao (Taiwan Hsin Sheng Daily News), No. 8134, March 12, 1968, translation of original in Chinese, page 1

    According to the newsletter, when (Chu Ke-chia) graduated from a Shanghai middle school in April 1969 at the age of 17 he joined a large number of educated youths settling in the countryside. He himself settled on a production team in Mengla County, Hsihsuangpanna Thai Autonomous Chou, Yunnan Province.

    1973 May 23 [1973 May 19], “People's Daily Cites Good Example of Youth in Rural Areas”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 100, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking Domestic Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: National Affairs, page B 6

Origin

  1. Mandarin勐臘 /勐腊
  2. EnglishMengla

From Mandarin 勐臘 /勐腊 (Měnglà).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 勐臘 /勐腊
  • 勐臘 /勐腊 (Měnglà)county

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