Yanling

See also: Yānlíng

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄢陵 (Yānlíng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: yěnʹlǐngʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Yan‧ling

Proper noun

Yanling

  1. A county of Xuchang, Henan, China.
    • [1978 February 22 [1978 February 18], “Honan CCP Committee Dismisses County First Secretary”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 36, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengchow Honan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, Central-South Region, page H 1[2]:
      As suggested by the Yenling County party committee and approved by the Honan party committee, the Hsuchang prefectural party committee decided to adopt disciplinary measures against (Peng Fang-hsin) and others. It also decided to expell (Chen Wen-chin) from the party and dismiss him from the post as deputy chief of the Yenling County Culture and Education Bureau.]
    • 2014 December 22, Pinghui Zhuang, “Chinese men fined for catching almost 1,700 protected wild geckos in one night”, in South China Morning Post[3], archived from the original on 23 December 2014:
      Six men in Yanling county, Henan province, who together caught almost 1,700 wild geckos, have each been fined 2,000 yuan (HK$2,500) for illegal hunting, Dahe Daily reports.
    • 2018 September 5, Yang Fan, Luisetta Mudie, “Protestant Churches in China's Henan Hit by Dawn Police Raids”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., edited by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia[4], archived from the original on 5 September 2018:
      Christian worshipers pray during a Christmas service at a village church in Yanling county, Xuchang city, central China's Henan province, in a file photo.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Yanling.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yenling”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2122, column 2

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