Longxi

See also: Lǒngxī

English

Alternative forms

• Lung-hsi (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隴西 / 陇西 (Lǒngxī).

Proper noun

Longxi

1. A county of Dingxi, Gansu, China
   • [1973 November, Chen Chang, “Fossils Sent from Across the Land”, in China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XXII, number 11, Peking, →OCLC, page 43, column 3:

     In early 1971 we received a box of fossils and a letter from a worker at an alcohol plant in Lunghsi county, Kansu province.]

   • [1975 October 7 [1975 September 4], “Fukien County Schools Combine Study, Work Activity”, in Translations on People's Republic of China‎^[2], number 320, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, →OCLC, page 9:

     Middle and primary schools in Lunghsi County, Fukien, have vigorously popularized part-time work and part-time study activities. Before liberation, Lunghsi County was very backward in education, but after liberation, particularly since the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Lunghsi has made rapid progress in education.]

   • 1997, Dongdong Dai, “Shepherd Girl”, in Howard Giskin, editor, Chinese Folktales‎^[3], Lincolnwood, Illinois: NTC Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 54:

     I come from Longxi County in Gansu Province.

   • 2021 November 29, “iQIYI Debuts Original Series Luoyang Globally, As Part of Its IP Universe”, in AP News, PR Newswire‎^[4], archived from the original on 29 November 2021‎^[5]:

     The launch marks Luoyang the first city to be featured in the iQIYI Chinese Historic City Universe (iCHCU), which, encompassing a variety of content drawing inspiration from Beijing, Guangzhou, Longxi county of Dingxi, Dunhuang, Nanjing, and other Chinese cities, aims to bridge between China’s local culture and iQIYI’s global audience.

2. (historical) A region in Gansu west of Mount Long
   • 2015, David Whitehouse, “The Messengers”, in Journey to the Centre of the Earth: The Remarkable Voyage of Scientific Discovery into the Heart our World‎^[6], Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:

     On one occasion, or so legend has it, a ball fell from a dragon; when no tremor could be felt, scholars were mystified. But many days later came reports of an earthquake in Longxi (present-day Western Gansu Province) a thousand kilometres away.

3. (historical) A commandery of ancient China in the southern area of present-day Gansu

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隴西 / 陇西 (zh) (Lǒngxī)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Longxi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1777, column 1

Anagrams

• oxling