Yulin
Syllables: Yu·lin
Yulin proper noun: a prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Proper noun (1)
Yulin
- A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
- Gen. Hsiang Han-pin is reported to have occupied Sunhu on Feb. 17 and captured 3,000 prisoners while two battalions of the Ironsides, which had secretly joined the Kwangsi rebels were captured and disarmed by Gen. Tsai Tung-kai's forces west of Watlam.[1930 February 22, “The Situation in the South”, in The China Weekly Review, volume LI, number 12, →OCLC, page 419, column 1
- Thousands of dogs are slaughtered and served in restaurants in Yulin, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for the festival, which is set to begin on June 21. Its proponents defend the practice as an expression of cultural heritage and argue that eating dogs is no different from eating cows or...2016 June 9, Shaojie Huang, “Animal Advocates Call for End to Dog Meat Festival in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2016
Proper noun (2)
Yulin
- A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
- About twelve wersts and a half from Yulin, we arrived at the fort of Tcha tao, close to which there is an inn, where we found a great number of travellers assembled; some were preparing to proceed on their difficult road across the mountains, and others resting themselves after having accomplished...1827, George Timkowski, Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China in the Years 1820-1821, volume I, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC, page 307
- Under the threat of sandstorms, the town of Yu-Lin had been "on the move" three times in the past. If one climbs up the rampart in the northeastern corner of the old town, one can see remnants of the Great Wall, standing amidst the vast yellow sands.[1960 September 19 [1960 April 18], Ku-hsien Chiang, The Green Yu-Lin of Shensi Province - Communist China., United States Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 2
- A bay of Sanya, Hainan, China.
- U.S. cameras have photographed construction of a ship berthing area, a jetty and more than 50 buildings, as well as dredging of a channel at Woody Island, one of the largest of the group.
Chinese convoys are reported sailing frequently from the port of Yulin on Hainan Island's south coast to Woody...1971 July 7, “Peking Building New Sea Base?”, in The Salem News, volume 83, number 160, Salem, Ohio, sourced from AP, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1 - The United States once asked Communist China to permit US Seventh Fleet to dock at Shanghai, and Peiping considered the possibility of allowing the U.S. Navy to make use of port facilities at Yulin on Hainan Island, according to a top Chinese Communist official.1980 December 7, “Yulin on Hainan”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXI, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4
- U.S. cameras have photographed construction of a ship berthing area, a jetty and more than 50 buildings, as well as dredging of a channel at Woody Island, one of the largest of the group.
- A naval base in Sanya, Hainan, China.
Examples of Yulin in a sentence
- Thousands of dogs are slaughtered and served in restaurants in Yulin, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for the festival, which is set to begin on June 21.2016 June 9, Shaojie Huang, “Animal Advocates Call for End to Dog Meat Festival in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- The next morning I caught a taxi north of Yulin, where the Great Wall ran through the desert.2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 190:
- Yulin base was originally developed to serve mainly as a conventional submarine facility, located on the eastern bank of the Yulin Bay.2012 September 5, Keshav Prasad Bhattarai, “Rising India And China: Can Two Tigers Learn To Share A Mountain – Analysis”, in Eurasia...
Forms of Yulin
| alternative form | Watlam |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Yü-lin |
Origin of Yulin
From Mandarin 玉林 (Yùlín).
From Mandarin 榆林 (Yúlín).
Questions about Yulin
- What does Yulin mean?
- Yulin means a prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
- How do you use Yulin in a sentence?
- Thousands of dogs are slaughtered and served in restaurants in Yulin, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for the festival, which is set to begin on June 21.
- What part of speech is Yulin?
- Yulin is a proper noun.
Words near Yulin in the dictionary
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