Lijiang
Syllables: Li·jiang
Lijiang proper noun: a prefecture-level city northwestern Yunnan, China.
Proper noun
Lijiang
- A prefecture-level city northwestern Yunnan, China.
- The main road to Lichiang-fu, by Ho-ch'ing, is not followed by the muleteers, except by request, as there is a high mountain to cross.[1922 December 2, [Francis] Kingdon Ward, “Mr. Kingdon Ward’s Seventh Expedition in Asia. No. III. To Lichiang.”, in The Gardeners’ Chronicle: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied...
- On board the Chinese satellite Micius, which launched last year, a high energy laser was fired through a special kind of crystal, generating entangled photon pairs. This in itself was a feat: the process is sensitive to turbulence, and before the experiment launched scientists weren't completely...2017 June 15, Sarah Kaplan, “Quantum entanglement, science’s ‘spookiest’ phenomenon, achieved in space”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2017
Lijiang meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese
Lijiang in Arabic
- a prefecture-level city in west China
- لِيجْيَانْغ lijyanḡ
Lijiang in Vietnamese
- a prefecture-level city in west China
- Lệ Giang
Examples of Lijiang in a sentence
- These photons were transmitted to ground stations in Delingha, a city on the Tibetan Plateau, and Lijiang, in China's far southwest.2017 June 15, Sarah Kaplan, “Quantum entanglement, science’s ‘spookiest’ phenomenon, achieved in space”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN...
- A 5.5 magnitude earthquake that rattled the city of Lijiang in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Sunday injured 15 people, the Yunnan Earthquake Agency said on its social media feed.2022 January 2, Tony Munroe, Min Zhang, “Earthquake in southwest China's Yunnan injures 15 people”, in Neil Fullick, editor, Reuters...
Forms of Lijiang
| alternative form | Li-chiang |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | Likiang |
Origin of Lijiang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 麗江 /丽江 (Lìjiāng).
Questions about Lijiang
- What does Lijiang mean?
- Lijiang means a prefecture-level city northwestern Yunnan, China.
- What is Lijiang in Arabic?
- Lijiang in Arabic is لِيجْيَانْغ (lijyanḡ). See Lijiang meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use Lijiang in a sentence?
- These photons were transmitted to ground stations in Delingha, a city on the Tibetan Plateau, and Lijiang, in China's far southwest.
- What part of speech is Lijiang?
- Lijiang is a proper noun.
Words near Lijiang in the dictionary
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