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Tongnan

Syllables: Tong·nan

Tongnan proper noun: a district of Chongqing, China.

tongnan: a district of Chongqing, China
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Proper noun

Tongnan

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.
    • A search and rescue operation was launched by the local authorities in Tongnan district, which continued through the night.2020 June 22, “China: 8 children drown in river near Chongqing”, in DW News, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2020
    • Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Chongqing on Thursday morning to assess conditions, visiting the village of Shuangba in Tongnan district, where flooded fields and houses have affected the livelihood of more than 8,000 people there.2020 August 20, Phoebe Zhang, “Chinese megacity Chongqing braces for record flood”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2020, People & Culture

Origin of Tongnan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潼南 (Tóngnán).

Questions about Tongnan

What does Tongnan mean?
Tongnan means a district of Chongqing, China.
What part of speech is Tongnan?
Tongnan is a proper noun.

Words near Tongnan in the dictionary

  1. Tongliang
  2. Tongliao
  3. Tongling
  4. tongman
  5. tongmen
  6. Tongnan
  7. Tongo
  8. Tongod
  9. Tongonan
  10. Tongren
  11. Tongrian

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