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Tan-tung

Tan-tung is the alternative form of Dandong.

Meaning of Dandong

Proper noun

Dandong

  1. A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China, across the Yalu River from Sinuiju, North Pyongan, North Korea.
    • Another 40km south of Samjiyon is the Amnok riverbank city of Hyesan, opposite China, worth visiting for another China/DPRK comparison that’s also a favourite for visitors to Dandong (see page 205).2008, Robert Willoughby, “Mt Paektu”, in North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 201
    Synonyms:
    Andong, An-tung, Antung

Origin of Tan-tung

From Mandarin 丹東 /丹东 (Dāndōng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-tung¹.

Questions about Tan-tung

What is Tan-tung the alternative form of?
Tan-tung is the alternative form of Dandong.

Words near Tan-tung in the dictionary

  1. Tan-chiang-k'ou
  2. Tan-chou
  3. Tan-feng
  4. Tan-kea
  5. Tan-shui
  6. Tan-tung
  7. Tan-y-Bwlch
  8. tana
  9. Tanabag
  10. Tanabata
  11. Tanabe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tan-tung (page history and authors); Dandong (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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