Etymology

Tanggu

Tang·gu
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Today it means: A subdistrict of Binhai district, Tianjin, China, on Bohai Bay; a former district of Tianjin, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 塘沽
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from塘沽
  2. English todayTanggu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 塘沽 (Tánggū).

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