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Antung

[ahn-doo ng; English an-too ng]
noun Wade-Giles.
  1. former name of Dandong.
  2. a former province of China, in Manchuria.
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Examples from the Web for antung

Historical Examples

  • The feint of a mock attack was aimed at Antung—and the enemy rose to the bait.

    The Tempering

    Charles Neville Buck

  • The field post carried an immense amount of mail every day between Antung and the front.

    The North Pacific

    Willis Boyd Allen

  • At Antung he remained until the hospital ship was ready to sail with its sad freight of torn, pierced, and mangled soldiers.

    The North Pacific

    Willis Boyd Allen

  • This line goes from Haichow southward to Antung then inclining a little south to Hwaian.

British Dictionary definitions for antung

Antung

noun
  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Andong
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