Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
Kuling. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Kuling, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Kuling in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
Kuling you have here. The definition of the word
Kuling will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
Kuling, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
The postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 牯嶺／牯岭 (Gǔlǐng).
Proper noun
Kuling
- Alternative form of Guling
1971, John Pollock, A Foreign Devil in China, Minneapolis: World Wide Publications, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 45:Kuling perched dramatically above a gorge of the Yangtze which could be seen far below, the view being rather like that from Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga or Murren in Switzerland, magnified several times.
1982, Jean Fritz, Homesick, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 58:My father put down his razor and straightened his face. "I've been meaning to tell you," he said. "We can't go to Peitaiho this summer, Jean. We'll be going to Kuling."
I couldn't believe it. There he was with soap over one half of his face, saying Kuling, not Peitaiho, just as if he were saying cornflakes, not Grape-Nuts.
1994, John Espey, Minor Heresies, Major Departures, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 131:In early December I came down the Yangtze from boarding school in Kuling, above the river port of Kiukiang. Kuling had already fallen to the National Army. The British ship on which I sailed was sandbagged on the upper decks to protect us from any potshots that might be fired at us from the bank.
Anagrams
Atayal
Proper noun
Kuling
- a male given name