Yonglong

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔŋ.lɔŋ/

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永隆 (Yǒnglóng).

Proper noun

Yonglong

  1. era name used by Liang Shidu (618–628)
  2. era name used by Emperor Gaozong of Tang (680–681)
    • 2003, Sen, Tansen, “Military Concerns and Spiritual Underpinnings of Tang-India Diplomacy”, in Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42:
      Another inscription, dated to the second year of the Yonglong period (681), found in the Bingling cave 54, in Gansu province, reports Wang Xuance’s pious act of installing images of the Buddha and bodhisattvas.
  3. era name used by Wang Yanxi, emperor of Min (939–943)
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Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永漋 (Yǒnglóng).

Proper noun

Yonglong

  1. A town in Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
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