Linjiang

A county-level city of Baishan, Jilin, China.

Proper noun

  1. A county-level city of Baishan, Jilin, China.
    • In mid-December the enemy sent eight complete divisions to invade the Linchiang area, arrogantly blustering: "We will drive the Communists into the Yalu to bite at the ice. We will drive them up the Changpai Mountains...
    • Although the entire Communist force was driven back to the Korean border by early November, the commanders of the Fourth Column derived some satisfaction from their near destruction of the Nationalist 25th Division,...

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨江 /临江 (Línjiāng).