Guangling

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwæŋlɪŋ/, /ˈɡwɑŋlɪŋ/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 廣陵／广陵 (Guǎnglíng, “expansive tomb”).

Guangling

1. (historical) A former commandery of China.
2. (historical) Synonym of Yangzhou, the seat of the commandery's government.
3. A district of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 廣靈／广灵 (Guǎnglíng, “expansive spirit”).

Guangling

1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.
   • [1939, J. S. Lee, The Geology of China‎, London: Thomas Murby & Co., →OCLC, page 172:

     The coalfields of Mentoukou and Chaitang, in the Western Hills of Peking, of Yuhsien, Yangyuan, and Hsuanhua in south-western Chahar, and of Kuangling and Tatung in northern Shansi are among the best known for their valuable Jurassic coal.]

   • 1984 June 19 [6 June 1984], “Supreme People's Procuratorate Work Report to NPC”, in Daily Report China‎, volume I, number 119, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 8:

     In arresting criminals, conducting investigations, and accumulating evidence, Comrade Gao Yugui, a bailiff of the People's Procuratorate in Guangling County, Shanxi Province, worked hard for 8 days and nights in August 1983.

   • 1989, Hartford, Kathleen, “Repression and Communist Success: The Case of Jin-Cha-Ji, 1938-1943”, in Single Sparks: China's Rural Revolutions‎, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106:

     A second incident concerned the activities of Shanxi Peace Preservation Corps forces (forces under Yan Xishan’s Second War Area and tenuously under Guomindang control) led by Bai Zhiyi.⁵⁰ These forces rampaged through Guangling county in Shanxi in mid-October 1939.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Guangling”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1455, column 2