Lingchuan

English

Alternative forms

• Ling-ch'uan (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• enPR: lǐngʹchwänʹ

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 陵川.

Proper noun

Lingchuan

1. A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 陵川

  Mandarin: 陵川 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᠯᡳᠩ
  ᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (ling cuwan)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 靈川 / 灵川 (Língchuān).

Proper noun

Lingchuan

1. A county of Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
   • 2014 October 20, “Teen invents cheap 3D printer; ‘drunks’ in police car that sped from scene”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 October 2014, China Insider‎^[3]:

     A man from Lingchuan county near Guilin has been arrested for allegedly posing as an employee at the state power company and stealing electricity meters from more than 80 homes, the Guilin Evening News reports.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 靈川 / 灵川 (ling⁴ cyun¹)

  Mandarin: 靈川 / 灵川 (zh) (Língchuān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lingchuan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1745, column 3

Anagrams

• launching