Gaoling
name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Dated spelling of jailing. Commonwealth
- 1 present participle and gerund of gaol form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
"On 22 January, 140 young couples held a collective marriage ceremony in Kaoling County.[…] In the struggle to expose and criticize the gang of four, the Kaoling County CCP Committee has resolved to grasp destroying the old and establishing the new, holding thrifty weddings and conducting education in late marriage as a major matter."
Example
More examples"On 22 January, 140 young couples held a collective marriage ceremony in Kaoling County.[…] In the struggle to expose and criticize the gang of four, the Kaoling County CCP Committee has resolved to grasp destroying the old and establishing the new, holding thrifty weddings and conducting education in late marriage as a major matter."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高陵 (Gāolíng).
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