Kuandian
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 寬甸/宽甸 (Kuāndiàn).
Proper noun
Kuandian
- A Manchu autonomous county in Dandong, Liaoning, China.
- [1913 February, “Asbestos Mines in China”, in Mines and Minerals, volume XXXIII, number 7, Scranton, PA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 398, column 3:
- Consul Baker, of Antung, China, states that valuable deposits of asbestos have been found in the vicinity of Kuantien, a small town lying about 45 miles northeast of Antung.]
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