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Pingli

/pɪŋ.li/

Pingli proper noun: a county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.

Proper noun

Pingli

  1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
    • Teng said a large number of Communists were striking westward from Sian, capital of Shensi province. He added the Nationalists had lost Pingli in southern Shensi after a battle in which both sides suffered heavy casualties.1949 July 14, “China Official Swears 'Win All Lose All' Fight”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 30.24-4383
    • In Pingli County, Shaanxi Province, China, the Badao bone coal contains 41 to 75 ppm of selenium, with a mean concentration of 57.5 ppm.[…]The local environment in Pingli County was found to contain soil with a mean concentration of 0.3 to 1.1 ppm selenium, and agricultural crops with concentration...2017, Critical Mineral Resources of the United States: Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future Supply, number 1802, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 028, column 1

Forms of Pingli

alternative formP'ing-li

Origin of Pingli

From Mandarin 平利.

Questions about Pingli

What does Pingli mean?
Pingli means a county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
What part of speech is Pingli?
Pingli is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pingli?
Pingli is pronounced /pɪŋ.li/.

Words near Pingli in the dictionary

  1. pingler
  2. pinglers
  3. pingles
  4. Pingleton
  5. Pingletons
  6. Pingli
  7. Pingliang
  8. Pinglin
  9. pingling
  10. Pinglish
  11. Pinglo

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