Guling

See also: guling, gǔlíng, and Gǔlǐng

English

Alternative forms

• Kuling (Postal Romanization)
• Ku-ling (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 牯嶺／牯岭 (Gǔlǐng).

Proper noun

Guling

1. A town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.
   • 2022 February 21, Mike Chinoy, quoting Harned Pettus Hoose, “‘I Can Think as the Chinese Do’”, in Foreign Policy‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 February 2022‎^[2]:

     In November 1981, he was touring Jiangsi province to explore investment possibilities and stopped for the night in Guling on Mount Lu. On the evening of Nov. 7, Hoose wrote a sentimental letter to his wife, Georgia. “Here I am, 61 years later, at the place I was born on June 2, 1920. Amazingly, I remember a few features from when I was six. Little has changed—just different neighbors. It is beautiful here. … Am off and down the Mt. to Kiukiang tomorrow.

Translations

town in eastern China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牯嶺／牯岭 (Gǔlǐng)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guling”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1470, column 3

Anagrams

• gluing, luging