Lin-fen

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See also: Linfen

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 臨汾 / 临汾 (Línfén) Wade–Giles romanization: Lin²-fên².[1]

Proper noun

Lin-fen

  1. Alternative form of Linfen
    • 1967, Donald G. Gillin, Warlord: Yen Hsi-shan in Shansi Province, 1911-1949, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 273:
      Shortly before the fall of Taiyuan, Yen moved his headquarters to the city of Lin-fen in southwestern Shansi.
    • 1976, Howard Goldblatt, Hsiao Hung, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:
      In January a call went out from Li Kung-p’u (1901-1946), the founder and director of the People’s Revolutionary University (Min-tsu ko-ming ta-hsüeh), located in Lin-fen, Shansi Province, for people from many fields to come and aid the struggle by teaching.
    • 1977, Harold E. Malde, “Geology in Chinese Anthropology”, in Paleoanthropology in the People's Republic of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 33:
      The site is a group of fossiliferous localities that stretch several kilometers along the east bank of the Fen River, 37 km south of Lin-fen, Shansi Province.

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References

  1. ^ Linfen, Wade-Giles romanization Lin-fen, in Encyclopædia Britannica