Jiangling

See also: jiànglǐng and Jiānglíng

English

Alternative forms

• Kiangling (Postal Romanization)
• Chiang-ling, Chiangling (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陵 (Jiānglíng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌlɪŋ/

Proper noun

Jiangling

1. A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
   • [1978, Peng Hao, “The Sword of the Price of Yueh Found in a Tomb of Chu in Kiangling”, in New Archaeological Finds in China (II): More Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution‎^[1], 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 43, 47:

     CHINANCHENG,¹ five kilometres north of Kiangling County² town in Hupeh Province, was known as Ying³ during the Spring and Autumn (770-475 B.C.) and Warring States (475-221 B.C.) periods, when it was the capital of the State of Chu.⁴

     ²江陵]

   • 2007 November 9, “China jails 3 for selling fake pig disease vaccine”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 17 May 2021, Latest Crisis‎^[3]:

     The three were given jail sentences ranging from one and a half to 3 years for selling bogus vaccine that lead to the death of more than 500 pigs and losses of 328,250 yuan ($44,280) for a company in Jiangling county, in central Hubei province, […] reported, citing a court official.
     Police in Jiangling had also charged a local vaccine inspection official with "dereliction of duty" for his involvement in the case, the paper added.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 江陵 (zh) (Jiānglíng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Gangneung

Further reading

• “Jiangling, Chiang-ling, Chiangling, Kiangling”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiangling”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1446, column 2