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Nanling

Syllables: Nan·ling

Nanling proper noun: a county of Wuhu, Anhui, China.

Proper noun (1)

Nanling

  1. A county of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
    • According to The Paper, a news website, Mr. Liu was arrested early Friday at his home in Nanling County in the eastern province of Anhui.2017 August 17, Amy Qin, “Chinese Novelist Is Arrested in 4 Murders From 2 Decades Ago”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2017, Asia Pacific
    • The outbreak killed 80 of 459 hogs on a farm in Nanling county in Wuhu city, with the remaining 379 culled, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday. The farm is 350 km (217 miles) directly west of Shanghai.2018 August 30, Elias Glenn, Josephine Mason, “China reports fifth case of African swine fever”, in Mark Potter, Richard Pullin, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2024, World

Proper noun (2)

Nanling

  1. Nan Mountains; Nanling Mountains

Forms of Nanling

alternative formNan Ling

Origin of Nanling

From Mandarin 南陵 (Nánlíng).

From Mandarin 南嶺 /南岭 (Nánlǐng).

Phrases with Nanling

Questions about Nanling

What does Nanling mean?
Nanling means a county of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
What part of speech is Nanling?
Nanling is a proper noun.

Words near Nanling in the dictionary

  1. Nanking cherry
  2. Nankingese
  3. nankins
  4. nanks
  5. Nanle
  6. Nanling
  7. Nanling Mountains
  8. nanlingite
  9. Nanming
  10. nanmu
  11. nanna

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