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Luntai

Syllables: Lun·tai

Luntai proper noun: a county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Luntai

  1. A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • In many cases, the Postal Guide gives the Chinese name alone. This applies to most small places, and it is not always easy to identify Chinese post offices with Turki villages ; e.g. are Luntai (east of Kucha) and Shanshan (east of Turfan), as shown in the somewhat diagrammatic Postal Atlas of...1925 March, J. H. Reynolds, “Place-names in Sinkiang”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXV, number 3, London: Royal Geographical Society, page 242
    • In September, state media said police shot dead 40 rioters, some of whom were seeking to blow themselves up, after explosions went off in Luntai county.2014 October 12, Michael Martina, “Policewoman killed in China's Xinjiang - state media”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 May 2022, World News

Forms of Luntai

alternative formLun-t'ai

Origin of Luntai

From the Mandarin 輪臺 /輪台 /轮台 (Lúntái).

Words that rhyme with Luntai

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Questions about Luntai

What does Luntai mean?
Luntai means a county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Luntai?
Luntai is a proper noun.

Words near Luntai in the dictionary

  1. Lunsar
  2. Lunsford
  3. Lunsfords
  4. Lunsmann
  5. lunt
  6. Luntai
  7. Luntal
  8. lunted
  9. lunting
  10. lunts
  11. Luntschitz

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