Etymology

Hongtong

Hong·tong
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Today it means: A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China. Full definition →

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The story

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 洪洞 (Hóngtóng).

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