Kuei-lin
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Guilin. alt-of, alternative
"We anchored for the night at Pai-sha, a rowdy little place, where they talked of killing us, situated at the point of junction with our stream of a northern tributary, navigable almost to Kuei-lin, the capital of this province."
Example
More examples"We anchored for the night at Pai-sha, a rowdy little place, where they talked of killing us, situated at the point of junction with our stream of a northern tributary, navigable almost to Kuei-lin, the capital of this province."
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 桂林 (Kuei⁴-lin²).
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