Longxi

See also: Lǒngxī

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 隴西／陇西 (Lǒngxī).

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Longxi

  1. A county of Dingxi, Gansu, China
    • 1997, Dai, Dongdong, “Shepherd Girl”, in Howard Giskin, editor, Chinese Folktales‎, Lincolnwood, Illinois: NTC Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 54:
      I come from Longxi County in Gansu Province.
    • 2021 November 29, “iQIYI Debuts Original Series Luoyang Globally, As Part of Its IP Universe”, in AP News, PR Newswire‎, archived from the original on 29 November 2021‎:
      The launch marks Luoyang the first city to be featured in the iQIYI Chinese Historic City Universe (iCHCU), which, encompassing a variety of content drawing inspiration from Beijing, Guangzhou, Longxi county of Dingxi, Dunhuang, Nanjing, and other Chinese cities, aims to bridge between China’s local culture and iQIYI’s global audience.
  2. (historical) A region in Gansu west of Mount Long
    • 2015, Whitehouse, David, “The Messengers”, in Journey to the Centre of the Earth: The Remarkable Voyage of Scientific Discovery into the Heart our World‎, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:
      On one occasion, or so legend has it, a ball fell from a dragon; when no tremor could be felt, scholars were mystified. But many days later came reports of an earthquake in Longxi (present-day Western Gansu Province) a thousand kilometres away.
  3. (historical) A commandery of ancient China in the southern area of present-day Gansu

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