Dongxing

See also: dòngxíng and Dōngxīng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin[1] 東興／东兴 (Dōngxīng).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: do͝ongʹshǐngʹ[1]

Proper noun

Dongxing

  1. A county-level city of Fangchenggang, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
    • 1979 August 5 [1979 August 4], “China Charges Vietnam Gunfire”, in The New York Times‎[2], sourced from PEKING (Reuters), →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 June 2024, page 12‎[3]:
      China accused Vietnam today of more armed border provocations in the last 10 days of July. The New China News Agency said child was killed July 28 by Vietnamese gunfire at the border town of Dongxing.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tunghing”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1960, column 2: “Tunghing (do͝ongʹhǐngʹ), Mandarin Tung-hsing (do͝ongʹshǐngʹ),”
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