T'ung-ling

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English

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Map including 銅陵 T'UNG-LING Wall (AMS, 1954) →OCLC

Etymology

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From Mandarin 銅陵铜陵 (Tónglíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻung²-ling².[1]

Proper noun

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T'ung-ling

  1. Alternative form of Tongling
    • 1912, A Handbook for Travellers in Northern China and Korea[1], London: Hachette, →OCLC, page 356:
      The city of T'ung-ling is surrounded by a rampart nearly 4 li in extent and entered by four gates whose construction dates back to the Wan-li years (1573-1619).
    • 1944, Arthur W. Hummel Sr., editor, Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912)[2], volume 1, Global Oriental, published 2010, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 348:
      His son, Tso Mêng-kêng (see under Tso Liang-yü), took his father's place, but Huang crushed him in May at T’ung-ling and at Pan-tzŭ-chi, both in Anhwei.
    • [1977, K. P. Wang, Mineral Resources and Basic Industries in the People's Republic of China[3], Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, page 140:
      At the old Tungkuanshan copper mine in T'ung-ling-shih of Anhwei Province, production has been greatly stepped up since the early 1970s (see Jen-Min Jih-Pao, 13 August 1972, p. 3).]

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Tongling, Wade-Giles romanization T’ung-ling, in Encyclopædia Britannica