Licheng

See also: lǐchéng and lìchéng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 黎城 (Líchéng).

Proper noun

Licheng

1. A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
   • 1969 December 22 [1969 December 9], “Shansi Medical Work”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 246, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Communist China: North Region, page F 4:

     In a self-reliant spirit, the poor and lower-middle peasants of Nanweichuang commune, Licheng County, Shansi Province, have established a health department in the commune and health stations in the various brigades, thus solving the problem of lack of medical and health service in this remote area.

   • 2019 June 12, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “2019 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year winners”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 June 2019‎^[2]:

     As for the People category, Huaifeng Li took first place with a beautiful photograph, entitled "Showtime," of a group of actors getting ready for an opera performance in Licheng County in China's Shanxi Province.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黎城 (zh) (Líchéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Licheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1733, column 1

Anagrams

• leching