Etymology

Tongliao

Tong·liao
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 通遼 /通辽
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from通遼 /通辽
  2. English todayTongliao

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通遼 /通辽 (Tōngliáo).

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