Bayinguoleng

English

Alternative forms

• Payinkuoleng, Pa-yin-kuo-leng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴音郭楞 (Bāyīnguōléng).

Proper noun

Bayinguoleng

1. Synonym of Bayingolin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1983, Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East‎^[1], British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:

     The Bayinguoleng Mongolian autonomous prefectural CCP Committee has organized a new leadership group. With the approval of the Xinjiang regional CCP Committee, the new group is composed of 11 persons.

   • 1987, Li Chengrui, editor, A Census of One Billion People‎^[2], Hong Kong: State Statistical Bureau, →ISBN , page 119:

     In Xinjiang, the census workers of the joint census team of Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and Jing County were caught in a storm and stranded in a desert 5,000 metres above sea level as their lorry had got stuck in the snow.

   • 1993, Judy Bonavia, Sarah Jessup, Edward Juanteguy, The Silk Road From Xi'an to Kashgar‎^[3], Passport Books, →ISBN, page 240:

     Korla is the capital of the Bayinguoleng Mongolian Prefecture, the largest prefecture in all of China, encompassing the eastern half of the Taklamakan Desert and extending to the borders of Tibet, Qinghai and Gansu.