Tanggu
English
Alternative forms
- Tangku (dated)
- T'ang-ku (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 塘沽 (Tánggū).
Pronunciation
- enPR: tängʹgo͞oʹ[1]
Proper noun
Tanggu
- A subdistrict of Binhai district, Tianjin, China, on Bohai Bay; a former district of Tianjin, China.
- 2007 February 5, Chen Aizhu, “PetroChina plant expands, awaits Russian JV plan”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters[2], archived from the original on 12 September 2023, Market News[3]:
- The Dagang refinery, in the northern port of Tianjin, has been shortlisted as a potential partner for a proposed 200,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery with Russian state giant Rosneft ROSN.MM, officials have told Reuters. […]
It has also started building depots at nearby Tanggu, with capacity to store 650,000 tonnes (4.7 million barrels) of crude oil and refined fuels, said the official, without giving a timeframe for completion.
- 2015 August 14, Shannon Tiezzi, “The Tianjin Explosion, As Chronicled on Chinese Social Media”, in The Diplomat[4], archived from the original on 27 October 2015[5]:
- And the discussion on China’s social media sphere isn’t done yet. On the evening of August 13, the top-trending hashtag on Sina Weibo was “#塘沽爆炸真相#” – “Tanggu [the explosion’s location in the Binhai district] explosion truth.”
Translations
subdistrict of Binhai district, Tianjin, China; former district of Tianjin, China
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tangku or T’ang-ku”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1874, column 3