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Lincang

Syllables: Lin·cang

Lincang proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.

Proper noun

Lincang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.
    • Various sectors of Lintsang Prefecture, such as the party organs that deal with the masses and the industry, communications, political, legal, finance and trade system, have held criticism rallies.[1977 April 14 [1977 April 13], “Yunnan's Lintsang Prefecture Holds Criticism Rally”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 72, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced...
    • Shelling from neighbouring Myanmar on Thursday wounded five people in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, state media reported on Friday, the latest incidence of cross-border fire that has strained ties between the neighbours.
      Shells landed in an area near the small city of Lincang, state...2015 May 15, Megha Rajagopalan, “China says five injured by artillery shells from Myanmar”, in Alex Richardson, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 May 2022, World News

Forms of Lincang

alternative formLin-ts'ang

Origin of Lincang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨滄 /临沧 (Líncāng).

Questions about Lincang

What does Lincang mean?
Lincang means a prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.
What part of speech is Lincang?
Lincang is a proper noun.

Words near Lincang in the dictionary

  1. Linburg-Comstock syndrome
  2. Linburg-Comstock variation
  3. Linburn
  4. Linby
  5. Linc
  6. Lincang
  7. Lince
  8. Lincean
  9. Lincecum
  10. Linces
  11. linch

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