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Antung

[ ahn-doo ng; English an-too ng ]
/ ˈɑnˈdʊŋ; English ænˈtʊŋ /

noun Wade-Giles.

former name of Dandong.
a former province of China, in Manchuria.
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Examples from the Web for antung

  • 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

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

    The Tempering|Charles Neville Buck

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

    The International Development of China|Sun Yat-sen

British Dictionary definitions for antung

Antung
/ (ˈænˈtʊŋ) /

noun

a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Andong
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