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gaoling

Syllables: Gao·ling

gaoling is the present participle and gerund of gaol.

Meaning of gaol

Verb

gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)

  1. (UK) Dated spelling of jail.

See all 2 meanings of gaol

Noun

gaoling (plural gaolings)

  1. (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jailing.

Proper noun capitalized: Gaoling

Gaoling

  1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
    • On 22 January, 140 young couples held a collective marriage ceremony in Kaoling County.[…]
      In the struggle to expose and criticize the gang of four, the Kaoling County CCP Committee has resolved to grasp destroying the old and establishing the new, holding thrifty weddings and conducting education...[1978 February 8 [1978 February 3], “Shensi County Holds Collective Marriage Ceremony”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 27, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
    • The discovery of a woman’s corpse in an elevator in the Chinese city of Xi’an has led to the detention of an elevator maintenance crew who improperly cut off power to the elevator a month ago without checking if anyone was inside
      In a statement posted Saturday, the Gaoling district government said...2016 March 6, “Chinese woman dies in elevator with power improperly cut off”, in AP News, archived from the original on 31 May 2022

Forms of gaoling

pluralgaolings

Origin of gaoling

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高陵 (Gāolíng).

Questions about gaoling

What does gaoling mean?
Gaoling means dated spelling of jailing.
What is gaoling the present participle and gerund of?
Gaoling is the present participle and gerund of gaol.
What part of speech is gaoling?
Gaoling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of gaoling?
The plural of gaoling is gaolings.

Words near gaoling in the dictionary

  1. gaolfuls
  2. gaolhouse
  3. gaolhouses
  4. Gaoli
  5. gaoliang
  6. gaoling
  7. gaolings
  8. gaolish
  9. gaolkeeper
  10. gaolkeepers
  11. gaolless

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