Lin-fen

See also: Linfen

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 臨汾／临汾 (Línfén) Wade–Giles romanization: Lin²-fên².

Proper noun

Lin-fen

1. Alternative form of Linfen
   • 1967, Donald G. Gillin, Warlord: Yen Hsi-shan in Shansi Province, 1911-1949‎^[1], Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 273:

     Shortly before the fall of Taiyuan, Yen moved his headquarters to the city of Lin-fen in southwestern Shansi.

   • 1976, Howard Goldblatt, Hsiao Hung‎^[2], Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:

     In January a call went out from Li Kung-p’u (1901-1946), the founder and director of the People’s Revolutionary University (Min-tsu ko-ming ta-hsüeh), located in Lin-fen, Shansi Province, for people from many fields to come and aid the struggle by teaching.

   • 1977, Harold E. Malde, “Geology in Chinese Anthropology”, in Paleoanthropology in the People's Republic of China‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 33:

     The site is a group of fossiliferous localities that stretch several kilometers along the east bank of the Fen River, 37 km south of Lin-fen, Shansi Province.

Translations

Linfen — see Linfen