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Guling

Syllables: Gu·ling

Guling proper noun: a town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.

Proper noun

Guling

  1. A town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.
    • In November 1981, he was touring Jiangsi province to explore investment possibilities and stopped for the night in Guling on Mount Lu. On the evening of Nov. 7, Hoose wrote a sentimental letter to his wife, Georgia. “Here I am, 61 years later, at the place I was born on June 2, 1920. Amazingly, I...2022 February 21, Mike Chinoy, quoting Harned Pettus Hoose, “‘I Can Think as the Chinese Do’”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2022

Forms of Guling

alternative formKuling
alternative formKu-ling

Origin of Guling

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 牯嶺 /牯岭 (Gǔlǐng).

Questions about Guling

What does Guling mean?
Guling means a town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.
What part of speech is Guling?
Guling is a proper noun.

Words near Guling in the dictionary

  1. Gulhigaathuhuraa
  2. Gulick
  3. Gulicks
  4. Gulielmian
  5. Gulin
  6. Guling
  7. Gulino
  8. Gulinos
  9. Gulistan
  10. Guliston
  11. gulitol

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