Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: Gu-ling
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.

Example Sentences

"In November 1981, he was touring Jiangsi province to explore investment possibilities and stopped for the night in Guling on Mount Lu. On the evening of Nov. 7, Hoose wrote a sentimental letter to his wife, Georgia. “Here I am, 61 years later, at the place I was born on June 2, 1920. Amazingly, I remember a few features from when I was six. Little has changed—just different neighbors. It is beautiful here. … Am off and down the Mt. to Kiukiang tomorrow."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 牯嶺 /牯岭 (Gǔlǐng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 牯嶺

Inflected Forms

Kuling (alternative) Ku-ling (alternative)

Questions

What does guling mean?: A town in Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, in eastern China.
Where does guling come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 牯嶺 /牯岭 (Gǔlǐng).

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