Xiling
Syllables: Xi·ling/ʃiˈlɪŋ/
Xiling proper noun: a district of Yichang, Hubei, China.
Proper noun
Xiling
- A district of Yichang, Hubei, China.
- To begin in the Yangtze Valley between Yi-ch’ang (Hupei) and Pa-tung (Szechwan), in the Hsiling Gorge area that was the gateway to the Red basin to the west: fifty-four early sites investigated in 1960 have been grouped into five categories, ranging in date, according to the estimates of the...[1968, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 177
- A resident leaves home with her pet cat at a community in the Xiling District of Yichang City, central China's Hubei province, on March 20, 2020. As the country’s population gets older and more people choose not to have children or to live alone, pets are an increasingly popular option for...2021 July 18, Iris Ouyang, “China Continent Insurance expands animal coverage amid booming pet economy expected to reach US$73 billion by 2023”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- A subdistrict of Xiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China.
Forms of Xiling
| alternative form | Hsi-ling |
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Origin of Xiling
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西陵 (Xīlíng).
Questions about Xiling
- What does Xiling mean?
- Xiling means a district of Yichang, Hubei, China.
- What part of speech is Xiling?
- Xiling is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Xiling?
- Xiling is pronounced /ʃiˈlɪŋ/.
Words near Xiling in the dictionary
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