lung-ling
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Longling.
Example Sentences
- "Most of the people have migrated from Lung-ling and to a lesser extent from T'eng-ch'ung. The people are simple and primitive, and the females all bind their feet."
- "The crossing of the Salween in mid-May was unopposed and Yoke Force made slow but steady progress until the Japanese counterattacked at Lung-ling and hopes ended of a breakthrough to Myitkyina from the east. By September, Chiang Kai-shek was threatening to pull Yoke Force back into China."
- "Fearful that the Japanese forces at Lung-ling would mount a counterattack and eventually overrun the Chinese and cross the Salween River, the generalissimo added to the issues a request that the Chinese soldiers who fought at Myitkyina be redeployed to the Lung-ling front. Chiang could not order but only ask for these troops because once they entered Burma they were part of Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia Command."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 龍陵, -