Lintong

English

Alternative forms

• Lin-t'ung (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨潼／临潼.

Proper noun

Lintong

1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
   • 2016 June 13, Stephen Chen, “‘Tearful’ Chinese farmers lose tens of thousands of yuan as hot weather causes early celery harvest”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 16, 2024, China‎^[2]:

     Vegetable farmers in the Lintong district of Xian, in Shaanxi province, were forced to plough over more than 10 hectares of celery growing in their fields last week after failing to find buyers, the Huashang Daily reported.

   • 2019 June 20, Yawen Chen, Ryan Woo, “China's top performing property market in May tightens purchase rules”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 June 2019, Asia‎^[4]:

     The Xian housing bureau also expanded existing curbs to include one more district, Lintong. It said the new purchase rules take effect immediately.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨潼／临潼 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Longtin, Nolting