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Antung

American  
[ahn-doong, an-toong] / ˈɑnˈdʊŋ, ænˈtʊŋ /

noun

Wade-Giles.
  1. former name of Dandong.

  2. a former province of China, in Manchuria.


Antung British  
/ ˈænˈtʊŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Andong

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In what obviously was a coordinated offensive, other Nationalist armies closed in on Chefoo, across the Yellow Sea from Antung on the Shantung Peninsula.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even so, every once in a while, a special flight of red-nosed MIGs scrambles up from Antung across the Yalu.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Russians gave due warning that, elsewhere in southern Manchuria, presumably at Hulutao and Antung, Chinese Reds might not be so agreeable.

From Time Magazine Archive

Strategically, the fall of Antung was a greater blow to the Communists than Kalgan, where they had lost land communications between Yenan and their Manchurian headquarters, Harbin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fiercest struggle occurred at Homutang, where a Russian regiment and a battery of artillery made a splendid stand to save their comrades at Antung from being cut off.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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