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Tongling

Syllables: Tong·ling/ˈtɔŋ(ˈ)lɪŋ/

Tongling proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

Proper noun

Tongling

  1. A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
    • The second item in the China Year Book's list is the Tungkuan Shan mines. All that is said about these is as follows : "Tungling district on the Yangtze, 55 miles above Wuhu, Anhui province.[1922, Bertrand Russell, “Industrialism in China”, in The Problem of China, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, page 233

Forms of Tongling

alternative formT'ung-ling

Origin of Tongling

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅陵 /铜陵 (Tónglíng).

Questions about Tongling

What does Tongling mean?
Tongling means a prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
What part of speech is Tongling?
Tongling is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tongling?
Tongling is pronounced /ˈtɔŋ(ˈ)lɪŋ/.

Words near Tongling in the dictionary

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

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