Tongliao
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English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通遼 / 通辽 (Tōngliáo).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tongliao
- A prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia, China.
- , 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 7–8, 21:
- Discovered in Shanghai was a "Shang Yang Fang Sheng,"³¹ a standard measure for grain during the period of the reform led by the Chin Prime Minister Shang Yang, dated the 18th year of Prince Hsiao’s³² reign (344 B.C.). It was inscribed on one of its sides. When Chin Shih Huang unified the country, this measure was adopted as the standard throughout the land, and the imperial edict on the matter, issued in the 26th year of his reign, was engraved on its base. In 1973-74 in Shanpaoyingtzu, Naiman Banner, Cherim League,³³ Kirin Province, excavations on an ancient city site revealed a pottery measure engraved with the same imperial edict.
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- 2004 November 2, Julie Salamon, “The Long-Distance Treasure Hunt”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 December 2017, Art & Design:
- Ximude, the director of the Jerim League Museum in Tongliao, a city in Inner Mongolia, was perplexed by the American visitor's strange interests.
Synonyms
Translations
prefecture-level city
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tungliao or T’ung-liao”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1960, column 2