Lingchuan

English

Alternative forms

• Ling-ch'uan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 陵川.

Proper noun

Lingchuan

1. A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
   • 2020 September 10, “Pic story: young village teacher hopes to help children get out of mountains”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2020‎^[2]:

     Chen Yanzi tutors her student Qin Xingwang writing characters in classroom at Mawuzhai boarding primary school in Gujiao Township of Lingchuan county, Jincheng City, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 9, 2020.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陵川 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 靈川／灵川 (Língchuān).

Proper noun

Lingchuan

1. A county of Guilin, Guangxi, China.
   • 2014 October 20, “Teen invents cheap 3D printer; ‘drunks’ in police car that sped from scene”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 October 2014, China Insider‎^[4]:

     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:

  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^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1745, column 3

Anagrams

• launching