Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yanling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Yan-ling
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Xuchang, Henan, China.

Example Sentences

"As suggested by the Yenling County party committee and approved by the Honan party committee, the Hsuchang prefectural party committee decided to adopt disciplinary measures against (Peng Fang-hsin) and others. It also decided to expell (Chen Wen-chin) from the party and dismiss him from the post as deputy chief of the Yenling County Culture and Education Bureau."
"Six men in Yanling county, Henan province, who together caught almost 1,700 wild geckos, have each been fined 2,000 yuan (HK$2,500) for illegal hunting, Dahe Daily reports."
"Christian worshipers pray during a Christmas service at a village church in Yanling county, Xuchang city, central China's Henan province, in a file photo."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄢陵 (Yānlíng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 鄢陵

Inflected Forms

Yenling (alternative) Yen-ling (alternative)

Questions

What does yanling mean?: A county of Xuchang, Henan, China.
Where does yanling come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄢陵 (Yānlíng).

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