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Mengla

Syllables: Meng·la

Mengla proper noun: a county of Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.

Proper noun

Mengla

  1. A county of Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.
    • Deployment of more than 500 workers from the Chicom labor reeducation camp in Meng-la County, Yunnan, in the early part of this month to the Muong Sing area along the Laos border to help Laotian communists build roads connecting Muong Sing with Meng-lang and with Man-chien.[1969 April 8 [1968 March 11], Unknown, IN RESPONSE TO VIETNAM WAR ESCALATION CHICOMS INTENSIFY MOBILIZATION AND WAR PREPARATIONS ALONG YUNNAN AND KWANGSI BORDERS, ALSO INFILTRATION INTO LAOS AND...
    • According to the newsletter, when (Chu Ke-chia) graduated from a Shanghai middle school in April 1969 at the age of 17 he joined a large number of educated youths settling in the countryside. He himself settled on a production team in Mengla County, Hsihsuangpanna Thai Autonomous Chou, Yunnan...1973 May 23 [1973 May 19], “People's Daily Cites Good Example of Youth in Rural Areas”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 100, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...

Origin of Mengla

From Mandarin 勐臘 /勐腊 (Měnglà).

Questions about Mengla

What does Mengla mean?
Mengla means a county of Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.
What part of speech is Mengla?
Mengla is a proper noun.

Words near Mengla in the dictionary

  1. Mengidabrutkoel
  2. menging
  3. Mengistu
  4. Mengistus
  5. Mengjin
  6. Mengla
  7. Mengomeyén
  8. mengoviral
  9. mengovirus
  10. mengoviruses
  11. Mengrelia

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