Wulong

See also: wǔlóng and wūlóng

Translingual

Etymology

From Mandarin 舞龍舞龙 (wǔlóng, “dragon dance; dancing dragon”).

Proper noun

Wulong

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.

English

Etymology

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 武隆 (Wǔlóng).

Proper noun

Wulong

  1. A district of Chongqing, China, formerly a county.
    • [1940s, Economic Facts, number 16-51, Nan-ching shih University, →OCLC, page 715:
      SUMMARY OF A FARM BUSINESS STUDY IN WU LUNG, SZECHWAN 1943-44
      A farm business study was made in Wulung County, Eastern Szechwan Province for the year 1913-44 . Wulung, a mountainous county, is located on the right bank of the[...]
      ]
    • 2009 June 5, Blanchard, Ben, “Landslide buries at least 59 in southwest China”, in Bill Tarrant, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 07 August 2022, Asia Crisis:
      A landslide at a southwestern Chinese iron ore mine has buried at least 59 people, state media said on Friday.
      Rescuers were on their way to the disaster site in Wulong county in Chongqing municipality, the official Xinhua news agency said.

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