Shang-lo

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English

Etymology

From Mandarin 商洛 (Shāngluò), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang¹-lo⁴.[1]

Proper noun

Shang-lo

  1. Alternative form of Shangluo
    • 1948, George F. Hervey, Jack Hems, The Goldfish, London: Faber and Faber, published 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76:
      ‘The Red River rises in the Chung-ling Hill in the Shang-lo District of the Metropolis and flows into the Cho River. Red fish are produced in it.’
    • 1973 [1962], Mark Elvin, quoting Tanigawa Michio, “Sino-barbarian synthesis in north China”, in The Pattern of the Chinese Past: A Social and Economic Interpretation, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 46–47:
      Ch'üan Ch'i was the scion of a great family of Feng-yang in Shang-lo [in present-day Shensi province].[...]At the beginning of the Hsiao-ch'ang reign-period [ad 525-7] he held the positions of major-general defending Lo-chou and prefect of Shang-lo.

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References

  1. ^ Shangluo, Wade-Giles romanization Shang-lo, in Encyclopædia Britannica