Antung
/ɑnˈtʊŋ/
Antung proper noun: former name of Dandong.
Proper noun
Antung
- Former name of Dandong.
- The Yalu is mainly useful in floating down immense rafts of wood, which find their way from the town of Antung, at the mouth of the river, to the port of Newchwang, and to Chefoo and Tientsin for the provinces of Shantung and Chihli.1895 May, John Ross, “Manchuria”, in The Scottish Geographical Magazine, volume XI, number V, Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Geographical Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 220–221
- At the water front of Antung itself the river is so deep that a disembarkation of infantry would actually have to be made in bodies on shore instead of in the shallows with deployment at a distance. In short, the Russians seemed to have been mesmerized by Antung.1904, Frederick Palmer, With Kuroki In Manchuria, 2nd edition, London: Methuen & Co., →OCLC, page 82
Examples of Antung in a sentence
- Along this route the mails are now carried over the 2½ feet gauge mountain railway between Antung and Mukden, and thence to Harbin.1915, Robert P. Porter, Japan, the New World-power, Oxford University Press, page 466:
- Many sawmills are now in operation at Antung, at the mouth of the Yalu, and at Kirin on the Sungari River.1922, South Manchuria Railway, Manchuria: Land of Opportunities, New York: Thomas F. Logan, page 46:
- MacArthur had ordered a bombing mission to take out the bridge across the Yalu River from Sinuiju (Korea) to Antung (Manchuria).1956, Harry S. Truman, chapter 24, in Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope, volume II, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 374:
- Finally, at Antung, we crossed the ice-choked Yalu River on a long steel bridge into the vast, flat, brown valleys of Manchuria.1972, Jim Yoshida, Bill Hosokawa, The Two Worlds of Jim Yoshida, New York: William & Company, Inc., page 78:
Forms of Antung
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Origin of Antung
From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 安東／安东 (Āndōng).
Questions about Antung
- What does Antung mean?
- Antung means former name of Dandong.
- How do you use Antung in a sentence?
- Along this route the mails are now carried over the 2½ feet gauge mountain railway between Antung and Mukden, and thence to Harbin.
- What part of speech is Antung?
- Antung is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Antung?
- Antung is pronounced /ɑnˈtʊŋ/.
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