Gaoling

See also: gaoling, gāolíng, and Gāolǐng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高陵 (Gāolíng).

Proper noun

Gaoling

1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
   • 2016 March 6, “Chinese woman dies in elevator with power improperly cut off”, in AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 May 2022‎^[2]:

     The discovery of a woman’s corpse in an elevator in the Chinese city of Xi’an has led to the detention of an elevator maintenance crew who improperly cut off power to the elevator a month ago without checking if anyone was inside
     In a statement posted Saturday, the Gaoling district government said two maintenance workers turned off the power source on Jan. 30 to the elevator in a residential building after they were called to check on a glitch.

   • 2016 March 7, Chris Buckley, “Death of Chinese Woman Trapped in Elevator for Month Stokes Uproar”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 7, 2016, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     But now this death in Xi’an — the northwestern city famed for its ancient entombed terra-cotta warriors — has stirred protest and a nationwide roar of anger by people furious that lax building management that can turn trivial acts, like riding an elevator, into fatal traps, news reports and Internet accounts said on Monday.
     Hundreds of residents in the Gaoling District of the city, where the woman died confined between the 10th and 11th floors of her apartment building, gathered to rally last week, according to photographs and accounts on Chinese websites.

   • 2019, Anna Brettell, “Examining China's compliance to emerging international norms regarding environmental rights”, in Sarah Biddulph, Joshua Rosenzweig, editors, Handbook on Human Rights in China‎^[5], Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:

     In October 2016, authorities cracked down on a citizen protest involving thousands in Gaoling district of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, also over a planned incinerator. Public security bureau officials reportedly took hundreds of participants into custody, beat protestors, did not allow journalists to cover the demonstrations, and censored internet postings (CHRD 2017b).

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高陵 (zh) (Gāolíng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Gaoling”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 1316-1317

Anagrams

• ganglio-, goaling