廣陵

See also: 广陵

Chinese

		expansive wide broad	tomb(s) (burial) mound(s) hill(s)
trad. (廣陵)		廣	陵
simp. (广陵)		广	陵

Etymology

Established as a dowry town under Chu in 319 BC, renaming a district and settlement conquered from Yue.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Guǎnglíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎnglíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Guǎnglíng
    • Wade–Giles: Kuang³-ling²
    • Yale: Gwǎng-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Goangling
    • Palladius: Гуанлин (Guanlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

廣陵

1. (historical) Guangling (a former county of China), now Yangzhou Prefecture
2. (historical) Guangling (a former commandery of China), now Yangzhou Prefecture
3. (historical) Guangling (a former city in China), now Yangzhou

Synonyms

• 揚州／扬州 (Yángzhōu) (inexact)

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (2006) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5, page 69, note 11 (in Mandarin), →ISBN