K'un-ming Lake

See also: Kunming Lake

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻun¹-ming² Hu².

Proper noun

K'un-ming Lake

  1. Alternative form of Kunming Lake
    • 1968, Hikotarō Andō, Peking‎, Kodansha International, →LCCN, →OCLC, page :
      Fo-hsiang Pavilion in I-ho Park, a popular sight-seeing spot in the northwestern suburbs of Peking. Situated atop Wan-shou Hill, this structure stands some 150 feet high and commands a fine view of K'un-ming Lake.
    • 1978, Bonavia, David, Peking‎, Time-Life Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 86:
      Amid the grounds of the old Summer Palace, a seventeen-arch bridge rising over the misty waters of K'un-ming Lake links an artificial island to the shore.

Translations
Kunming Lake — see Kunming Lake
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