Etymology

Dongting

Dong·ting
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Today it means: A lake in Hunan, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 洞庭
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from洞庭
  2. English todayDongting

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 洞庭 (Dòngtíng).

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