Tongbai

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 桐柏 (Tóngbǎi).

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Tongbai

  1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
    • [1978 August 1 [March 1978], “Plant Fossils of Late Eocene From Wu-ch'eng, Honan and Their Significance in Botany and Paleoclimatology”, in People's Republic of China Scientific Abstracts, number 195, →OCLC, page 23:
      This paper records some plant impressions from the Wu-li-tui formation of the Wu-ch'eng basin in T'ung-pai hsien, Honan. The xerophytic Palibinia and small leaves of various kinds of leguminous plants are predominant.]
    • 2013 August, De Guire, Eileen, “State of raw materials 2013”, in American Ceramic Society Bulletin, volume 92, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28:
      China recently announced discovery of a large trona deposit in Tongbai County, ranking it the largest trona deposit in Asia and second only to the Wyoming deposit.

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