Hongtong
Syllables: Hong·tong/hɒŋˈtɒŋ/
Hongtong proper noun: a county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
Proper noun
Hongtong
- A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
- The Wang Family Register now records the names of eighteen generations of the descendants of Wang Erlao, our founding ancestor. Wang Erlao came to this area from Hongtong County in Shanxi Province several hundred years ago.1996, Peter J. Seybolt, “Houhua Village Under New Leadership, 1984-1990”, in Throwing the Emperor from His Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, 1923-1995, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN...
- Hongtong County's welfare entrepreneurs
- Hongtong County, located within Linfen City, is part of one of the most economically dynamic prefectures in Shanxi Province and presents some good examples of emergent welfare entrepreneurialism.2008, David S. G. Goodman, editor, The New Rich in China: Future Rulers, Present Lives, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106
Forms of Hongtong
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Origin of Hongtong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 洪洞 (Hóngtóng).
Questions about Hongtong
- What does Hongtong mean?
- Hongtong means a county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
- What part of speech is Hongtong?
- Hongtong is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Hongtong?
- Hongtong is pronounced /hɒŋˈtɒŋ/.
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