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Tangku

Tangku is the alternative form of Tanggu.

Meaning of Tanggu

Proper noun

Tanggu

  1. A subdistrict of Binhai district, Tianjin, China, on Bohai Bay; a former district of Tianjin, China.
    • As a demonstration that older proletarian revolutionaries take an active interest in the healthy growth of the younger generation, Comrade Deng Yingchao wrote in her own hand the name of the Tanggu Youths' and Juveniles' Palace which is under construction -- on the eve of the 34th anniversary of...1983 September 26, “Deng Yingchao Writes Name for Youths' Palace”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 187, sourced from Tianjin City Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Origin of Tangku

Borrowed from Mandarin 塘沽 (Tánggū).

Questions about Tangku

What is Tangku the alternative form of?
Tangku is the alternative form of Tanggu.

Words near Tangku in the dictionary

  1. tangka
  2. tangkas
  3. Tangkhul
  4. Tangkhuls
  5. Tangkic
  6. Tangku
  7. Tanglag
  8. Tanglaw
  9. tangle
  10. tangle net
  11. tangle-leg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tangku (page history and authors); Tanggu (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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