Jiangling
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Jiangling. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Jiangling, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Jiangling in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Jiangling you have here. The definition of the word Jiangling will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofJiangling, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陵 (Jiānglíng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jiangling
- A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- 2007 November 9, “China jails 3 for selling fake pig disease vaccine”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 17 May 2021, Latest Crisis:
- The three were given jail sentences ranging from one and a half to 3 years for selling bogus vaccine that lead to the death of more than 500 pigs and losses of 328,250 yuan ($44,280) for a company in Jiangling county, in central Hubei province, […] reported, citing a court official.
Police in Jiangling had also charged a local vaccine inspection official with "dereliction of duty" for his involvement in the case, the paper added.
Translations
county in central China
See also
Further reading
- Jiangling, Chiang-ling, Chiangling, Kiangling at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiangling”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1446, column 2