臥龍崗
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Chinese[edit]
crouching dragon; Zhuge Liang | mound; policeman's beat | ||
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trad. (臥龍崗) | 臥龍 | 崗 | |
simp. (卧龙岗) | 卧龙 | 岗 | |
alternative forms | 臥龍岡/卧龙冈 archaic | ||
Literally: “Hillock of the Crouching Dragon”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
臥龍崗
- Wolong Gang (place in Henan province of China where the sage Zhuge Liang lived)
Etymology 2[edit]
Phono-semantic matching of English Wollongong.
Proper noun[edit]
臥龍崗
- (~市) Wollongong (a city in New South Wales, Australia)
- 臥龍崗大學/卧龙岗大学 ― Wòlónggǎng Dàxué ― University of Wollongong
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