Hui-lung

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 回龍／回龙 (Huílóng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hui²-lung².

Proper noun

Hui-lung

  1. Alternative form of Huilong
    • 1888 [1887 March 1], “The Great Mahomedan Rebellion in Yunnan”, in The China Review‎, volume XVI, →OCLC, pages 85–86:
      The head-quarters of the rebellion in the East were at a little town called Hui-lung. […] After a short time he was invited by his co-religionists at Hui-lung to establish himself there in the position of High Priest.
    • 1975, Michael Y. M. Kau, editor, The Lin Piao Affair: Power Politics and Military Coup‎, White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6:
      On the first day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in the year 1907, our respected and beloved Vice Chairman Lin Piao was born to a poverty-stricken family of Lin-chia-ta-wan at the foot of Pai-yang Hill in the Hui-lung mountainous area, Huang-kang hsien, Hupei Province.

Translations
Huilong — see Huilong
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