Tongling

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅陵 / 铜陵 (Tónglíng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔŋ(ˈ)lɪŋ/
  • enPR: to͝ongʹlǐngʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Tong‧ling

Proper noun

Tongling

  1. A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
    • [1922, Bertrand Russell, “Industrialism in China”, in The Problem of China[2], London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, page 233:
      The second item in the China Year Book's list is the Tungkuan Shan mines. All that is said about these is as follows : "Tungling district on the Yangtze, 55 miles above Wuhu, Anhui province.]

Translations

References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tungling or T’ung-ling”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1960, column 3

Anagrams

Amis

Proper noun

Tongling

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

  • In Amis naming customs, a personal name consists of either:
  1. given name + parent’s name (typically the mother’s name) — common among northern Taiwan Amis
  2. given name + parent’s name + clan name — common among southern Taiwan Amis (including Coastal, Malan and Hengchun subgroups), where clan-based social structure is prevalent

References

  • Center for aboriginal studies (2014), “Tongling”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Indigenous Names in Taiwan]‎[3] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples