Mainling

English

Etymology

From Tibetan སྨན་གླིང (sman gling).

Proper noun

Mainling

1. A county-level city in Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
   • 2023 January 18, Bernard Orr, “At least 8 killed in Tibet avalanche, Chinese govt sends team to help search for survivors”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters‎^[1], sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on January 19, 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     The avalanche occurred on a section of road between Pai village in Mainling county and the exit of the Doxong La tunnel in Medog county at around 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Tuesday, with people and vehicles stranded, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Milin

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 米林 (mai⁵ lam⁴)

  Mandarin: 米林 (zh) (Mǐlín)

• Tibetan: སྨན་གླིང (sman gling)