Guangling

See also: Guǎnglíng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwæŋlɪŋ/, /ˈɡwɑŋlɪŋ/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣陵／广陵 (Guǎnglíng, “expansive tomb”).

Proper noun

Guangling

1. (historical) A former commandery of China.
2. (historical) Synonym of Yangzhou, the seat of the commandery's government.
3. A district of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Translations

former commandery, former name of Yangzhou, and present district in Yangzhou

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣陵／广陵 (zh) (Guǎnglíng)

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣靈／广灵 (Guǎnglíng, “expansive spirit”).

Proper noun

Guangling

1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.
   • [1939, J. S. Lee, The Geology of China‎^[1], London: Thomas Murby & Co., →OCLC, page 172:

     The coalfields of Mentoukou and Chaitang, in the Western Hills of Peking, of Yuhsien, Yangyuan, and Hsuanhua in south-western Chahar, and of Kuangling and Tatung in northern Shansi are among the best known for their valuable Jurassic coal.]

   • [1978 [1955 June 24], Yenpei Prefectural Party Committee, “A Stern Struggle Must be Waged Against Graft and Theft”, in General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, editor, Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside [中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）]‎^[2], First edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 481:

     The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.]

   • 1984 June 19 [1984 June 6], “Supreme People's Procuratorate Work Report to NPC”, in Daily Report China‎^[3], volume I, number 119, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 8:

     In arresting criminals, conducting investigations, and accumulating evidence, Comrade Gao Yugui, a bailiff of the People's Procuratorate in Guangling County, Shanxi Province, worked hard for 8 days and nights in August 1983.

   • 1989, Kathleen Hartford, “Repression and Communist Success: The Case of Jin-Cha-Ji, 1938-1943”, in Single Sparks: China's Rural Revolutions‎^[4], M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106:

     A second incident concerned the activities of Shanxi Peace Preservation Corps forces (forces under Yan Xishan’s Second War Area and tenuously under Guomindang control) led by Bai Zhiyi.⁵⁰ These forces rampaged through Guangling county in Shanxi in mid-October 1939.

Translations

rural county, its county seat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣靈／广灵 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guangling”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1455, column 2