Liangshan
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 涼山 / 凉山 (Liángshān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Liangshan
- An autonomous prefecture of Sichuan, China
- 2008 May 14, David Barboza, “Workers on Chinese coast struggle after devastating earthquake back home”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 September 2023, Asia Pacific[3]:
- Xiao Fuhua, 33, whose wife and three children are in Liangshan, in southern Sichuan Province, said he has been unable to reach his family. […]
It's said that the earthquake in Liangshan is not very big, but I'm still worried because my family lives in a mountainous area. And once an earthquake strikes Langshan[sic – meaning Liangshan] it will be very terrible."
- 2016 May 27, Lindsey Bever, “Chinese schoolkids climb a 2,625-foot cliffside ladder to get home. Soon, they’ll have stairs.”, in The Washington Post[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 June 2016, World[5]:
- Every two weeks, when the students, ages 6 to 15, return from boarding school, they climb a chain of 17 bamboo ladders, secured to a sheer cliff face and leading some 2,625 feet up, according to reports.
Locals say the ladders — which lead through treacherous terrain in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province — have been there nearly as long as the village.
- 2017 August 8, Ben Blanchard, “Landslide in southwest China kills 23”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters[6], archived from the original on 22 March 2024, Environment:
- Two people were missing after the landslide in mountainous Sichuan province's Liangshan, while one person was pulled out alive, the government said in a statement on its official microblog.
Translations
[edit]Yi autonomous prefecture
References
[edit]- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Liangshan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1048, column 3