Shangli

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proper noun

A county of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, China.

    Fifteen miners are currently trapped in a flooded coalmine in Shangli County in Jiangxi province. The flooding occurred yesterday in a licensed coalmine located in Chishan Township.

    2005 July 8, “Fifteen Miners Trapped in Flooded Coal Mine”, in China Labour Bulletin, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2016, News
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    A pipeline carrying natural gas from Central Asia to southern China ruptured and exploded in Shangli county, Jiangxi province yesterday, injuring at least two people and halting gas supplies, state media reported.

    2013 May 26, Mandy Zuo, “At least 2 injured in Jiangxi natural gas pipeline blast”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2020, China

    The Yangjiawan caves are located in Shangli County, Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, and the exact position of Cave 2 is 27°46'25"N, 113°50'25"E. They are karst caves which are filled with Late Pleistocene clay and silt deposits.

    古脊椎动物学报

    2020 August 20, Sun Ji-Jia [孙吉嘉], Zhang Bei [张贝], Chen Xi [陈曦], Deng Li [邓里], Wen Jun [文军], Tong Hao-Wen [同号文], “New fossils of Late Pleistocene Sus scrofa from Yangjiawan Cave 2, Jiangxi, China [江西萍乡杨家湾2号洞晚更新世野猪化石研究]”, in Vertebrata PalAsiatica [古脊椎动物学报], volume 59, number 1, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 65

    The statement from Shangli County in Jiangxi province said the suspect, identified only by his surname, Huang, had been detained after the incident on Friday night and would be “rigorously prosecuted under the law.”

    2023 February 19, “Drunk driver stabs 3 police to death in southern China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2023

Origin

  1. Mandarin上栗
  2. EnglishShangli

From the Mandarin 上栗.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 上栗
  • 上栗county

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Cite this entry
APA

Shangli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangli

MLA

“Shangli.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangli. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shangli,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangli.

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