Jiangling
English
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editEtymology
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陵 (Jiānglíng).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editJiangling
- A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- 2007 November 9, “China jails 3 for selling fake pig disease vaccine”, in Reuters[1], archived from the original on 17 May 2021, Latest Crisis[2]:
- The three were given jail sentences ranging from one and a half to 3 years for selling bogus vaccine that lead to the death of more than 500 pigs and losses of 328,250 yuan ($44,280) for a company in Jiangling county, in central Hubei province, […] reported, citing a court official.
Police in Jiangling had also charged a local vaccine inspection official with "dereliction of duty" for his involvement in the case, the paper added.
Translations
editcounty in central China
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Jiangling, Chiang-ling, Chiangling, Kiangling at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jiangling”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1446, column 2
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