Lijiang
See also: Lìjiāng
English
Alternative forms
- Li-chiang (Wade–Giles)
- Likiang (dated)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 麗江/丽江 (Lìjiāng).
Proper noun
Lijiang
- A prefecture-level city northwestern Yunnan, China.
- [1922 December 2, [Francis] Kingdon Ward, “Mr. Kingdon Ward’s Seventh Expedition in Asia. No. III. To Lichiang.”, in The Gardeners’ Chronicle: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied Subjects, volume LXXI (Third Series), number 1875, London: 5 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, W.C.2, →OCLC, page 325, column 1:
- The main road to Lichiang-fu, by Ho-ch'ing, is not followed by the muleteers, except by request, as there is a high mountain to cross.]
- 2022 January 2, Tony Munroe, Min Zhang, “Earthquake in southwest China's Yunnan injures 15 people”, in Neil Fullick, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 02 January 2022, China:
- A 5.5 magnitude earthquake that rattled the city of Lijiang in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Sunday injured 15 people, the Yunnan Earthquake Agency said on its social media feed.
Translations
a prefecture-level city in west China
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lijiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1736, column 2
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