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Kangding
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Kāngdìng
English
Alternative forms
en Kangting dated
en K'ang-ting Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 康定 Kāngdìng.
Pronunciation
en /kɒŋ.dɪŋ/ /kɑŋ-/
käng′dĭng′Kangting or K’ang-ting 906 2K’ang-ting or Kang·ting 370 1
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kangding.wav Southern England
en Kang ding
Proper noun
en county-level city Tibetan autonomous prefecture/Garzê p/Sichuan southwest c/China.
en November 22, 2014 Christopher Bodeen Strong quake in west China kills 2; 54 hurt https://web.archive.org/web/20220518104040/https://apnews.com/article/2d6571e7ccad42c7bcfbc3d5103e337a 18 May 2022 w:AP News The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake hit Saturday about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Kangding in Sichuan province. China’s seismological agency put the magnitude at 6.3.No major damage was reported in the town of Kangding, where CCTV video showed residents strolling the town’s streets, looking up at the steep surrounding hillsides and talking on their cellphones.Kangding and the surrounding county have a population of 129,320 people, about 70 percent of them Tibetan.
Synonyms
en Dartsedo
en Tachienlu
Translations
county-level city of Sichuan province, China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 康定 hong1 ding6
Mandarin: cmn 康定 Kāngdìng
Tibetan: bo དར་རྩེ་མདོ།
References
Further reading
Kangding in Encyclopædia Britannica