Etymology

Dunhuang

Dun·huang
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Today it means: A county-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 敦煌
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from敦煌
  2. English todayDunhuang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng).

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