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Tungyung

Tungyung proper noun: synonym of Dongyin (island).

Proper noun

Tungyung

  1. Synonym of Dongyin (island)
    • Tungyung was the site of the notorious wreck of the P&O S.S. Sobraon which ran on the rocks there in a fog on April 26, 1901, while on her maiden voyage to the Far East.1976, ed gould, “The Pirates of Tungyung”, in the lighthouse philosopher: the adventures of bill scott, Saanichton; Seattle: Hancock House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76
    Synonyms:
    Dongyin

Synonyms of Tungyung

Origin of Tungyung

From Mandarin 東湧 /东涌, Postal Romanization and/or Wade–Giles romanization: Tung¹-yung³.

Questions about Tungyung

What does Tungyung mean?
Tungyung means synonym of Dongyin (island).
What part of speech is Tungyung?
Tungyung is a proper noun.

Words near Tungyung in the dictionary

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

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