guangling
/ˈɡwæŋlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A former commandery of China.
name
Synonym of Yangzhou, the seat of the commandery's government.
Example Sentences
- "The coalfields of Mentoukou and Chaitang, in the Western Hills of Peking, of Yuhsien, Yangyuan, and Hsuanhua in south-western Chahar, and of Kuangling and Tatung in northern Shansi are among the best known for their valuable Jurassic coal."
- "The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money."
- "In arresting criminals, conducting investigations, and accumulating evidence, Comrade Gao Yugui, a bailiff of the People's Procuratorate in Guangling County, Shanxi Province, worked hard for 8 days and nights in August 1983."
- "A second incident concerned the activities of Shanxi Peace Preservation Corps forces (forces under Yan Xishan’s Second War Area and tenuously under Guomindang control) led by Bai Zhiyi.⁵⁰ These forces rampaged through Guangling county in Shanxi in mid-October 1939."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 廣陵, 廣靈