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Tungyin

Tungyin is the alternative form of Dongyin.

Meaning of Dongyin

Proper noun

Dongyin

  1. A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.
    • The Military Trail Challenge is taking place in Dongyin Township on the Matsu Islands, a chain that sits directly next to China and is on Taiwan’s first line of defense.[…]
    • At the end of the race, all contestants will be rewarded with a feast of the local specialties and Dongyin Township’s special sorghum liquor.2020 June 19, Shirley Lin, “VIDEO: More than 1000 sign up for military-style obstacle course race”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2020
  2. An island of Dongyin, Lienchiang County, Taiwan.
    • Taiwan's minor islands offer numerous opportunities. Matsu National Scenic Area, especially Dongyin Island, is excellent for spotting migrants between mid-April and mid-May and again from mid-September to mid-October.2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76
    Synonyms:
    Tungyung

Origin of Tungyin

From Mandarin 東引 (Dōngyǐn), Wade–Giles romanization: Tung¹-yin³.

Questions about Tungyin

What is Tungyin the alternative form of?
Tungyin is the alternative form of Dongyin.

Words near Tungyin in the dictionary

  1. Tunguskan
  2. Tungusological
  3. Tungusologist
  4. Tungusologists
  5. Tungusology
  6. Tungyin
  7. Tungyung
  8. tunhoof
  9. Tunhuang
  10. Tunhwang
  11. tunic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tungyin (page history and authors); Dongyin (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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