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
- 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
prefecture-level city in central China
References
- ^ 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
- a male given name
Usage notes
- In Amis naming customs, a personal name consists of either:
- given name + parent’s name (typically the mother’s name) — common among northern Taiwan Amis
- 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