tantung
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Dandong.
Example Sentences
- "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the changes of administrative divisions in China between 1 January and 31 March 1965:[…] Liaoning Province: Antung city renamed Tantung city; Antung county renamed Tungkou county; Kaiping county renamed Kai county."
- "In the month before the quake, “a gas with an extraordinary smell” was reported in the area, including the nearby city of Liaoyang and near Tantung at the mouth of the Yalu River on the Korean border."
- "During this war economy, Nissan Motors promoted the establishment of automobile factories, first at Mukden (now Shenyang) and then Antung (now Tantung) near Korea."
- "The previous October he had mounted an offensive with seven divisions down the peninsula to Tantung, on the Yalu River bordering North Korea, routing the Communists and inflicting heavy casualties on them."
- "The previous year the GMD had defeated the PLA in much of south-eastern Manchuria, capturing Tantung and Tunghua along the border with Korea (Hooten)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 丹東, -