Etymology

Dongguan

Dong·guan
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southeastern China. Full definition →

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The story

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東莞/东莞 (Dōngguǎn).

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