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Lingshui

Syllables: Ling·shui

Lingshui proper noun: a Li autonomous county in Hainan, China.

Proper noun

Lingshui

  1. A Li autonomous county in Hainan, China.
    • Criminal (Yang Shizhong), who was guilty of seizing a pistol and killing security policeman (Li Yuhe), was executed yesterday at (Wenluo) town in Lingshui Li Autonomous County.1989 December 1 [1989 November 21], “Execution, Two Life Sentences Given in Hainan”, in Daily Report: China, number 89-230, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Haikou Hainan...
    • Zhu criticized the U.S. crew for landing at a military airfield at Lingshui on Hainan "without permission from the Chinese side."2001 April 2, John Pomfret, “U.S., Chinese Warplanes Collide Over S. China Sea”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2016

Origin of Lingshui

From Mandarin 陵水 (Língshuǐ).

Questions about Lingshui

What does Lingshui mean?
Lingshui means a Li autonomous county in Hainan, China.
What part of speech is Lingshui?
Lingshui is a proper noun.

Words near Lingshui in the dictionary

  1. Lingqijing
  2. Lingqiu
  3. lings
  4. Lingshan
  5. Lingshi
  6. Lingshui
  7. lingster
  8. lingsters
  9. Lingtai
  10. Lingtan
  11. lingtow

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