Nantong

[ nahn-tawng ]

nounPinyin.
  1. a city in southeastern Jiangsu province, in eastern China, on the Chang Jiang.

  • Formerly (Pinyin) Tong·zhou [tawng-joh], /ˈtɔŋˈdʒoʊ/, (Older Spelling) Tung·chow [toong-joh] /ˈtʊŋˈdʒoʊ/ .
  • Also (Wade-Giles) Nan·tung [nahn-toong]. /ˈnɑnˈtʊŋ/.

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How to use Nantong in a sentence

  • Our representatives consented to enter into negotiations at Tungchow, a place about a dozen miles from Pekin.

    General Gordon | Seton Churchill
  • But it was at Tungchow in the old days that the tug of war in getting to Peking used to begin.

    Intimate China | Mrs. Archibald Little
  • It is the custom to say the road to Peking from Tungchow is desperately uninteresting.

    Intimate China | Mrs. Archibald Little

British Dictionary definitions for Nantong

Nantong

Nantung

/ (ˈnænˈtʌŋ) /


noun
  1. a city in E China, in Jiangsu province on the Yangtze estuary. Pop: 898 000 (2005 est)

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