tatung
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Alternative form of Datong (China)
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Alternative form of Datong (Taipei, Taiwan)
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Alternative form of Datong (Taedong, North Korea)
Example Sentences
- "The Japanese forces went on to an easy conquest of Tatung, commanding the gateway into Shansi Province, because Yen Hsi-shan's relative General Li Fu-ying, was chiefly interested in preserving his strength and abandoned the fortress town without a fight."
- "The most important coal basin is Tatung, in the extreme north of the province, where good bituminous coal, partly suitable for coking, is mined. The modern development of Tatung began in the early 1920's, after the coal basin had been reached by the railroad from Peking. The early mines were situated at Kowchüan, 10 miles southwest of Tatung."
- "According to the report, a bomb planted by an anti-Communist group in a theater at Tatung in Shansi Province on My 21 killed 29 Communist commune cadres and 15 others were seriously injured, while more than 100 people suffered slight injuries."
- "He said the other project features construction of a branch sewage collection system in the Wanhua and Tatung districts, where an urban renewal program is in progress."
- "In 1991, Taan again had the lowest percent of Taiwanese households (63%) and Tatung the highest (86%)."
- "Also, the city government’s Department of Urban Development proposed various redevelopment projects that showed concern for the preservation of traditional landscape and historical architecture. For example, two old and historically significant districts of Taipei city (Tihua Street and the Tatung District) are expected to be economically revitalized and to attract cultural tourism."
Etymology
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