English Explanatory Dictionary

Guilin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in the Guangxi autonomous region, China.

Pronunciation

gwāʹlǐnʹ

Word forms

Guilin Kuei-lin Kweilin

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 桂林 (Guìlín, “Laurel Forest”), with particular reference to the area's Cinnamomum cassia.

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