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Pingliang

Syllables: Ping·liang

Pingliang proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.

Proper noun

Pingliang

  1. A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
    • P’ing-liang, the leading city of northeastern Kansu fell to the Moslems on September 24, 1863.[1966, Wen-djang Chu [朱文長], “The Developments in Kansu”, in Karl Jahn, John R. Krueger, editors, The Moslem Rebellion in Northwest China 1862-1878: A Study of Government Minority Policy (Central...
    • Party organizations and revolutionary committees at all levels in Pingliang region, Kansu Province, have actively promoted the patriotic health movement with remarkable results. More than 400 medical personnel and 10,000 barefoot doctors and health workers have taken part in the movement.1972 February 17 [1972 January 22], “Kansu Region Health Movement”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 34, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Lanchow Kansu...

Origin of Pingliang

From Mandarin 平涼 /平凉 (Píngliáng).

Questions about Pingliang

What does Pingliang mean?
Pingliang means a prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
What part of speech is Pingliang?
Pingliang is a proper noun.

Words near Pingliang in the dictionary

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

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