Dandong

• (from Wade–Giles) Tan-tung

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 丹東／丹东 (Dāndōng).

• IPA^(key): /dæn.dɔŋ/, /-dɒŋ/

Dandong

1. A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China.
   • 2008, Willoughby, Robert, “Mt Paektu”, in North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides)‎, 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 201:

     Another 40km south of Samjiyon is the Amnok riverbank city of Hyesan, opposite China, worth visiting for another China/DPRK comparison that’s also a favourite for visitors to Dandong (see page 205).

   • 2015 May 3, Kim, Tong-Hyung, “N. Korea arrests U.S. students for illegal entry”, in USA Today‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 May 2015:

     North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that Joo was arrested on April 22 after trying to illegally enter North Korea by crossing the Amnok River from the Chinese border town of Dandong.

   • 2017 May 12, Perlez, Jane; Yufan Huang; Paul Mozur, “How North Korea Managed to Defy Years of Sanctions”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 May 2017, Asia Pacific‎:

     Positioned near the mouth of the Yalu River, Dandong is China’s largest border town, and much of North Korea’s trade with the world flows across its old bridges or through its deepwater port.

• (historical) Andong, An-tung, Antung

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dandong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 962, columns 1, 2