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Yanling

Syllables: Yan·ling

Yanling proper noun: a county of Xuchang, Henan, China.

Proper noun

Yanling

  1. A county of Xuchang, Henan, China.
    • As suggested by the Yenling County party committee and approved by the Honan party committee, the Hsuchang prefectural party committee decided to adopt disciplinary measures against (Peng Fang-hsin) and others. It also decided to expell (Chen Wen-chin) from the party and dismiss him from the post...[1978 February 22 [1978 February 18], “Honan CCP Committee Dismisses County First Secretary”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 36, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
    • Six men in Yanling county, Henan province, who together caught almost 1,700 wild geckos, have each been fined 2,000 yuan (HK$2,500) for illegal hunting, Dahe Daily reports.2014 December 22, Pinghui Zhuang, “Chinese men fined for catching almost 1,700 protected wild geckos in one night”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2014

Forms of Yanling

alternative formYenling
alternative formYen-ling

Origin of Yanling

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄢陵 (Yānlíng).

Questions about Yanling

What does Yanling mean?
Yanling means a county of Xuchang, Henan, China.
What part of speech is Yanling?
Yanling is a proper noun.

Words near Yanling in the dictionary

  1. Yanktons
  2. Yankuntjatjarra
  3. Yankunytjatjara
  4. Yanky
  5. Yanliang
  6. Yanling
  7. Yannathan
  8. Yannergee
  9. Yanni
  10. Yannick
  11. yannigan

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