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tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s in the Western Pacific Ocean have been named Lingling, part of a series of
reduplicated
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The classic observation on the semantics of reduplication is Edward Sap ...
female names proposed in
Hong Kong
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Tingting Tingting () is a feminine name of Chinese origin that may refer to:
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* Jiang Tingting (born 1986), Chinese synchronised swimmer
* Liu Tingting (gymnast) (born 2000), Chinese gymnast
* Liu Tingting (hammer thrower) (born 1990), Chinese hammer throw ...
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Yanyan and
Shanshan
Shanshan (; ) was a kingdom located at the north-eastern end of the Taklamakan Desert near the great, but now mostly dry, salt lake known as Lop Nur.
The kingdom was originally an independent city-state, known in local Gandhari documents as '' ...
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Typhoon Lingling (2001)
Typhoon Lingling, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nanang, was a deadly typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam in early-November 2001 and caused 379 deaths. The name "Lingling" was given by Hong Kong. The 39th tropical depression, 22n ...
(T0123, 27W, Nanang) – struck the Philippines and Vietnam, causing extensive damages.
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Tropical Storm Lingling (2007)
The 2007 Pacific typhoon season was a near average season which featured 24 named storms, fourteen typhoons, and five super typhoons. It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the weste ...
(T0718, 18W) – churned in the open ocean.
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Tropical Storm Lingling (2014)
Tropical Storm Lingling, known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Agaton, was a weak but deadly tropical cyclone that affected the Philippines in mid January 2014. The first named storm of the annual typhoon season, this early-season cyclo ...
(T1401, 01W, Agaton) – caused widespread flooding and landslides in Mindanao.
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Typhoon Lingling (2019)
Typhoon Lingling, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Liwayway, was a powerful typhoon that hit the Philippines, China, and Korea in early September 2019. It was also the strongest to strike North Korea. Lingling caused agriculture damage to ...
(T1913, 15W, Liwayway) – passed through the Ryukyu Islands as Category 4 storm and struck North Korea as a typhoon.
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