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Tancheng

Syllables: Tan·cheng

Tancheng proper noun: a county of Linyi, Shandong, China.

tancheng: a county of Linyi, Shandong, China
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Proper noun (1)

Tancheng

  1. A county of Linyi, Shandong, China.
    • SHANGHAI, (AP) An inspired Chinese army claimed capture of Matowchen, walled town four miles northwest of Tancheng, as continued “rapid progress” was reported today in erasing the second big Japanese offensive in South Shantung province.
    • Matowchen was considered by Chinese commanders the key to Tancheng, which had become the southernmost point of the Japanese advance toward the Lunghai railway, 15 miles away.1938 May 5, “Chinese Continue Rout of Invaders”, in Santa Ana Journal, volume 4, number 4, Santa Ana, California, →OCLC, page 1

Proper noun (2)

Tancheng

  1. A town in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
    • Tancheng on the island of Pingtan, in China’s Fujian Province, is pictured on Oct. 23 last year. Pingtan is physically China’s closest spot to Taiwan.2014 February 9, “FEATURE: China woos Taiwan with offshore ‘common homeland’”, in Taipei Times, sourced from AFP, PINGTAN, China, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2014, Taiwan News...

Examples of Tancheng in a sentence

  • In the past diamonds had sometimes been found along the border between Linshu and Tancheng counties.1978 November, “A Great Diamond”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 11, →OCLC, page 36, columns 1, 2:
  • Then following a lull in January, incidents picked up again after the Chinese New Year, spreading south to Tancheng and further east to Fei county.1987, Joseph W. Esherick, The Origins of the Boxer Uprising, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188:

Forms of Tancheng

alternative formT'an-ch'eng

Origin of Tancheng

From the Mandarin 郯城.

From the Mandarin 潭城 (Tánchéng).

Questions about Tancheng

What does Tancheng mean?
Tancheng means a county of Linyi, Shandong, China.
How do you use Tancheng in a sentence?
In the past diamonds had sometimes been found along the border between Linshu and Tancheng counties.
What part of speech is Tancheng?
Tancheng is a proper noun.

Words near Tancheng in the dictionary

  1. Tanchangya
  2. Tanchangyas
  3. Tancharoen
  4. Tanchelmian
  5. Tanchelmians
  6. Tancheng
  7. Tanchon
  8. tancoite
  9. Tancred
  10. tanda
  11. Tandag

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