Tan-tung
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 丹東/丹东 (Dāndōng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-tung¹.[1]
Proper noun
Tan-tung
- Alternative form of Dandong
- 1977, Translations on People's Republic of China, number 368-385, Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 29:
- In the course of the industrial development, the Tan-tung municipality in Liaoning province has raised a technical working force with socialist consciousness.
- 1978, Hsia Chih-yen, Liang-lao Dee, transl., The Coldest Winter in Peking, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 82:
- Half a year ago, Hsia Yu-min and Tall Man Li had delivered a big bundle of goods to Tan-tung City in Liaoning Province.
- 2006, “ANTUNG”, in Encyclopedia Americana, volume 1, →OCLC, page 83:
- In 1965 Antung's name was changed to Tan-tung. Tan-tung is in Liaoning province, near the mouth of the Yalu River on the North Korean border.
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Translations
Dandong — see Dandong
References
- Dandong, Wade-Giles romanization Tan-tung, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- “Tan-tung”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Tan-tung”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Tan-tung” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
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