Etymology

Zhaotong

Zhao·tong
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 昭通
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from昭通
  2. English todayZhaotong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 昭通 (Zhāotōng).

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