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Tongliao

Syllables: Tong·liao

Tongliao proper noun: a prefecture-level city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Tongliao

  1. A prefecture-level city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
    • Sixty miles still west of T’ung Liao is the city of Kailu our farthest outpost in Mongol territory.[1931 September 12, Jonathan Goforth, “Letters from Dr. and Mrs. Goforth”, in The Sunday School Times, volume 73, number 37, →OCLC, page 506, column 3
    • Discovered in Shanghai was a "Shang Yang Fang Sheng,"³¹ a standard measure for grain during the period of the reform led by the Chin Prime Minister Shang Yang, dated the 18th year of Prince Hsiao’s³² reign (344 B.C.). It was inscribed on one of its sides. When Chin Shih Huang unified the country...[1978, "Wenwu" (Cultural Relics) Magazine Reporter, “New Archaeological Finds: A Preliminary Summary of Important Discoveries”, in New Archaeological Finds in China (II): More Discoveries During the...
    Synonyms:
    Jirem

Synonyms of Tongliao

Origin of Tongliao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通遼 /通辽 (Tōngliáo).

Questions about Tongliao

What does Tongliao mean?
Tongliao means a prefecture-level city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Tongliao?
Tongliao is a proper noun.

Words near Tongliao in the dictionary

  1. Tongking
  2. Tongko
  3. tongkonan
  4. tongkonans
  5. Tongliang
  6. Tongliao
  7. Tongling
  8. tongman
  9. tongmen
  10. Tongnan
  11. Tongo

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