Kwantien

K5W4A1N1T1I1E1N1

A form of Kuandian — A Manchu autonomous county in Dandong, Liaoning, China.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Kuandian.

    I have seen the germ bomb dropped by the American imperialists over Kwantien County and have examined specimens of infected insects.

    1952 [1952 March 27], Ma Shih-chun, quotee, “CRIMINAL ACT AGAINST MANKIND”, in Stop U.S. Germ Warfare!, number 3, Peking: The Chinese People's Committee for World Peace, →OCLC, page 23
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    At 17:45 hours August 29, four American planes reconnoitred over Lakooshao of Kwantien county, then flew over Changtienhokow of Kwantien county, where they strafed civilian boats, killing one fisherman and wounding two others.

    1950 December, “List of Border Violations by US Planes”, in China Monthly Review, sourced from Hsinhua News Agency, →OCLC, page 141, column 1

    At 12:52 in the afternoon of March 12, eight American planes flew over from the west to the east. Han Yung-pin, owner of Tungchuho Grocery inside the south gate of Kwantien county seat testified that he saw one of these planes drop a white-coloured object which fell very slowly.

    1952 April 16 [1952 April 1], Chen Chi-yuan et al., “Report of the Northeast China Group of the Commission For Investigating the American Crime of Waging Bacteriological Warfare”, in Statements and Reports on the American Crime of Waging Bacteriological Warfare in China and Korea, →OCLC, page 3, column 2

    The Government-controlled Peiping broadcast, monitored here, said the plane was an F-86 Sabre jet, one of a group of four that flew over Kwantien County of Liaotung Province at 11:45 A. M.

    1953 January 27, Lindesay Parrot, “U.S. Ace Taken in Manchuria As Sabre Crashed, Reds Say”, in The New York Times, volume CII, number 34,702, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 4

Origin

  1. Mandarin寬甸
  2. EnglishKwantien

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 寬甸 (Kuāndiàn).

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