Ku-ling

See also: kuling, Kuling, and kūlíng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 牯嶺／牯岭 (Gǔlǐng), Wade–Giles romanization: Ku³-ling³.

Proper noun

Ku-ling

1. Alternative form of Guling
   • 1912, “An-hui”, in Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea‎^[1], Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 358:

     In the midst of the neck, the Great Orphan rock surmounted by a stûpa. — Beyond, the Northern ramifications of the Lu Shan, one of whose upper valleys is a Summer resort (Ku-ling) for the families of foreigners residing in the Blue River basin, (See CHIANG-HSI, R. 2).

   • [1913 July 27 [1913 July 26], “Foreigners Guard Passes Against Rebel Chinese.”, in The Los Angeles Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 5:

     Volunteer American, British and other citizens are tonight guarding the approaches to he^{[sic – meaning the]} mountain town of Ku Ling, where thousands of foreigners, mostly American and British women and children, have taken refuge from the heat of the Chinese summer months. The few American bluejackets on the heights are maintaining signal communication with the United States gunboat Helena, which is lying off the river port of Ku Kiang.
     Foreigners have been able to see some fighting between the government forces and the rebels from their position on the mountain top. They advise other foreigners to remain away from Ku Ling owing to the difficulties of communication and the shortage of provisions.]

   • 1977, Chiang Yee, China Revisited‎^[3], New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 133:

     We reached Ku-ling where many houses built by the early missionaries now housed mountain workers and those in charge of the mountain amenities.

Translations

Guling — see Guling

Anagrams

• Lungki