Shilong
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 石龍/石龙 (Shílóng).
Proper noun
Shilong
- A district of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
- 2010 November 30, “Shilong district”, in China Daily[2], archived from the original on 12 November 2019[3]:
- Shilong district, located in the western part of Pingdingshan, is known for the Shilong River.[...]
Shilong district has rich resources, particularly minerals. It has 12 varieties of verified minerals and 330 million tons of raw coal reserves in an area of 28 square kilometers – one of the top three coal fields of Pingdingshan.
- 2015 September 19, Nectar Gan, “Children cough blood and animals die as Chinese factory leaks ammonia”, in South China Morning Post[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 January 2024, China[5]:
- A pipeline transporting ammonia at a chemical factory in Shilong district of Pingdingshan city ruptured at around 6.30am yesterday.
- A town in Dongguan, Guangdong, China.
Translations
district
References
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 361:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Sheklung (Shihlung, Shilong)
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