Meaning of Yang-lo | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“Of the northernmost one of these folds, the writer has some faint recollection of seeing the folded strata. They form the hills to the west of Han-yung^([sic – meaning Han-yang]) and the central ridge across the city of Wu-chang and extends further east; the west-easterly course of the Yang-tze below Yang-lo (lat. 30° 30 'N.) is in all probability determined by this E-W fold.”

“In the major sub-district administrative centers (chen) such as T'uan-feng, Yang-lo and Ts'ang-fu (which were also key economic centers) the Taipings stationed local officials and ordered that tax registers be compiled.”

“He knew all too well the layout of the three cities that form today's Wuhan, the great fortress of Yang-lo downstream, the maze of shallow lakes and inlets, and the broad sweep of the Yangtze which he had crossed in his fruitless attempt to take Wuchang. Bayan had somehow to overcome that apparently impregnable fortress Yang-lo, which was guarded by a fleet much larger than his own.”

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