Wulin
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See also: wǔlín
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 武林 (Wǔlín), ancient name of Hangzhou, which is traditionally derived from the name given to the area of Wulin Mountains and Wulin Lakes.
Proper noun
Wulin
- (chiefly literary or poetic) Synonym of Hangzhou
- 1960, Pasquale M. D'Elia, translated by Rufus Suter and Matthew Sciascia, Galileo in China: Relations through the Roman College between Galileo and the Jesuit Scientist-Missionaries, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 97:
- He was born at Hangchow or Wulin, had the agnomen [Jan-chên] 然眞, and died in 1665.