Jiangling
Syllables: Jiang·ling/ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌlɪŋ/
Jiangling proper noun: a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
Proper noun
Jiangling
- A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- CHINANCHENG,¹ five kilometres north of Kiangling County² town in Hupeh Province, was known as Ying³ during the Spring and Autumn (770-475 B.C.) and Warring States (475-221 B.C.) periods, when it was the capital of the State of Chu.⁴[1978, Peng Hao, “The Sword of the Price of Yueh Found in a Tomb of Chu in Kiangling”, in New Archaeological Finds in China (II): More Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution, 1st edition, Peking...
- The three were given jail sentences ranging from one and a half to 3 years for selling bogus vaccine that lead to the death of more than 500 pigs and losses of 328,250 yuan ($44,280) for a company in Jiangling county, in central Hubei province,[…]reported, citing a court official.
- Police in Jiangling had also charged a local vaccine inspection official with "dereliction of duty" for his involvement in the case, the paper added.2007 November 9, “China jails 3 for selling fake pig disease vaccine”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 17 May 2021, Latest Crisis
Forms of Jiangling
| alternative form | Kiangling |
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| alternative form | Chiang-ling |
| alternative form | Chiangling |
Origin of Jiangling
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陵 (Jiānglíng).
Questions about Jiangling
- What does Jiangling mean?
- Jiangling means a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- What part of speech is Jiangling?
- Jiangling is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Jiangling?
- Jiangling is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌlɪŋ/.
Words near Jiangling in the dictionary
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