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Dongding

Syllables: Dong·ding

Dongding proper noun: an island of Jinhu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Dongding

  1. An island of Jinhu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
    • The ARATS letter to the SEF said: As informed by mail by the relevant Fujian provincial departments, the Minpuyu No. 1205 (made of wood, with a deadweight of 3 tons, 12 horsepower, and carrying five people) from Jiangkou [translating 江口 (Jiāngkǒu)] Village, Qianting [translating 前亭] Town in Zhangpu...1995 July 7 [1995 July 5], “ARATS Denounces Shelling of Fishermen”, in Daily Report: China, number 95-130, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA Domestic Service...
    • At present, America has committed itself to an "all-round responsibility" policy along our coast. It seems to me that the Americans will only feel comfortable if they take complete responsibility for Jinmen and Mazu, or even for such small islands as Dadan, Erdan, and Dongding [small islands within...2001 [1958 September], Chen Jian, quoting Mao Zedong, “Beijing and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958”, in Mao's China and the Cold War, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 187

Examples of Dongding in a sentence

  • Additionally, the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis from August to September 1958 saw an unsuccessful attempt being made to invade Dongding Island held by the ROC.2019, Robert J. Bunker, China's Securing, Shaping, and Exploitation of Strategic Spaces: Gray Zone Response and Counter-shi Strategies...
  • The PLA attempted amphibious operations to seize the main Kinmen Island in 1949, and nearby Tungting (Dongding) Island in 1958, but was repelled by ROC defensive emplacements.2023 February, Andrew Chubb, “Taiwan Strait Crises: Island Seizure Contingencies”, in Asia Society, archived from the original on 02 Apr...

Forms of Dongding

alternative formTungting

Origin of Dongding

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東碇 /东碇 (Dōngdìng).

Questions about Dongding

What does Dongding mean?
Dongding means an island of Jinhu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
How do you use Dongding in a sentence?
Additionally, the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis from August to September 1958 saw an unsuccessful attempt being made to invade Dongding Island held by the ROC.
What part of speech is Dongding?
Dongding is a proper noun.

Words near Dongding in the dictionary

  1. Dongbei
  2. Dongchang
  3. Dongcheng
  4. dongchimi
  5. Dongchong
  6. Dongding
  7. donged
  8. Dongen
  9. donger
  10. Dongeradeel
  11. dongers

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