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Lincang
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English
Alternative forms
en Lin-ts'ang Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 臨滄.
Pronunciation
lĭn′tsäng′
en Lin cang
Proper noun
en prefecture-level city p/Yunnan c/China.
en 14 April 1977 13 April 1977 Yunnan's Lintsang Prefecture Holds Criticism Rally Daily Report: People's Republic of China I 72 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043578536&seq=587 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Kunming Yunnan Provincial Service cmn 0892-0141 1113433 People's Republic of China: Southwest Region J 1 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043578536&seq=636 Various sectors of Lintsang Prefecture, such as the party organs that deal with the masses and the industry, communications, political, legal, finance and trade system, have held criticism rallies. on
en MAY 15, 2015 Megha Rajagopalan China says five injured by artillery shells from Myanmar Alex Richardson https://web.archive.org/web/20220514125702/https://www.reuters.com/article/china-myanmar-idINKBN0O018V20150515 14 May 2022 w:Reuters World News Shelling from neighbouring Myanmar on Thursday wounded five people in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, state media reported on Friday, the latest incidence of cross-border fire that has strained ties between the neighbours.Shells landed in an area near the small city of Lincang, state media reported on Friday, citing the local propaganda bureau. Four houses and three vehicles were also damaged.
en November 27, 2019 Tunnel collapses in southwest China; 4 dead, 8 missing https://web.archive.org/web/20221010161622/https://apnews.com/article/fefc79b6d43544998f41e53a7dced19e 10 October 2022 w:AP News Water and mud burst from the tunnel as work was underway Tuesday evening in the Yunnan province city of Lincang, trapping 13 workers inside.The news office of the Lincang city government said five were pulled from the rubble, but only one survived and was hospitalized in stable condition.
Translations
prefecture-level city in China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 臨滄
Mandarin: cmn 臨滄 Líncāng
Further reading
en 1998 Lincang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1741 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1741/ 3
Anagrams
en acgilnn Clingan Lancing lancing