Kunming Lake

See also: K'un-ming Lake

English

Alternative forms

K'un-ming Lake (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú, literally “Kunming lake”).

Proper noun

Kunming Lake

A lake in Beijing, China, on the grounds of the Summer Palace
- 1974 July 17 [1974 July 16], “Chinese Take to Water To Mark Mao's Swim”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 September 2023, page 13‎:
  At Peking's Kunming Lake, processions of people swam between lines of crowded, flag‐bedecked boats accompanied by martial music on loudspeakers.
Synonym of Lake Dian

Translations

lakes

Chinese:
Mandarin: 昆明湖 (zh) (Kūnmíng Hú)
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Further reading

Kunming Lake, K'un-ming Lake at Google Ngram Viewer

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