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Tunhwang

Tunhwang is the dated form of Dunhuang.

Meaning of Dunhuang

Proper noun

Dunhuang

  1. A county-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
  2. (historical) A former commandery in Gansu, China, under various imperial dynasties.
  3. (historical) A former kingdom in Gansu, China, during the early 10th century.
    Synonyms:
    Guiyi

Origin of Tunhwang

Borrowed from Mandarin 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng).

Questions about Tunhwang

What is Tunhwang the dated form of?
Tunhwang is the dated form of Dunhuang.

Words near Tunhwang in the dictionary

  1. Tungusology
  2. Tungyin
  3. Tungyung
  4. tunhoof
  5. Tunhuang
  6. Tunhwang
  7. tunic
  8. tunica
  9. tunica albuginea
  10. Tunica County
  11. tunica intima

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tunhwang (page history and authors); Dunhuang (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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