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Lingao

Syllables: Lin·gaoUS/ˈlɪnˈɡaʊ/

Lingao proper noun: a county of Hainan, China.

Proper noun

Lingao

  1. A county of Hainan, China.
    • Linkao County has reaped a great bumper harvest of early-rice with total production 30 percent more than last year. The county has set a fine example for Hainan in developing grain production. Its experiences show that "it is completely possible for agriculture in Hainan to take a great leap...[1970 July 15 [1970 July 11], “Linkao County Bumper Harvest”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 136, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Haikow Hainan Island Service...
    • Subsequently, "all Hainan Island was swept by a wave of discrimination, attack, insult and threat against outside cadres [with the result that] everybody was plunged into a state of panic." This came to a climax in December 1956 with a "miniature Hungarian incident" in Linkao county.[1979, Frederick C. Teiwes, Politics & Purges in China: Rectification and the Decline of Party Norms, 1950-1965, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 370

Origin of Lingao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨高／临高 (Língāo).

Questions about Lingao

What does Lingao mean?
Lingao means a county of Hainan, China.
What part of speech is Lingao?
Lingao is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lingao?
Lingao is pronounced /ˈlɪnˈɡaʊ/ (US).

Words near Lingao in the dictionary

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  2. lingamic
  3. lingams
  4. linganth
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  6. Lingao
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  8. lingas
  9. Lingayat
  10. Lingayatism
  11. Lingayats

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