Definition of "Xiling"
Xiling
proper noun
A district of Yichang, Hubei, China.
Quotations
To begin in the Yangtze Valley between Yi-ch’ang (Hupei) and Pa-tung (Szechwan), in the Hsiling Gorge area that was the gateway to the Red basin to the west: fifty-four early sites investigated in 1960 have been grouped into five categories, ranging in date, according to the estimates of the investigators, from Neolithic to Han.]
, Yale University Press, page 177
A resident leaves home with her pet cat at a community in the Xiling District of Yichang City, central China's Hubei province, on March 20, 2020. As the country’s population gets older and more people choose not to have children or to live alone, pets are an increasingly popular option for companionship at home.
2021 July 18, Iris Ouyang, “China Continent Insurance expands animal coverage amid booming pet economy expected to reach US$73 billion by 2023”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 18 July 2021, Business