Meanings
alternative Lun-t'ai
- A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
In September, state media said police shot dead 40 rioters, some of whom were seeking to blow themselves up, after explosions went off in Luntai county.
2014 October 12, Michael Martina, “Policewoman killed in China's Xinjiang - state media”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 May 2022, World News1 more example
In many cases, the Postal Guide gives the Chinese name alone. This applies to most small places, and it is not always easy to identify Chinese post offices with Turki villages ; e.g. are Luntai (east of Kucha) and Shanshan (east of Turfan), as shown in the somewhat diagrammatic Postal Atlas of China, identical with the Bugur and Pichan of the Survey of India maps?
1925 March, J. H. Reynolds, “Place-names in Sinkiang”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXV, number 3, London: Royal Geographical Society, page 242
Origin
- Mandarin輪臺 /輪台 /轮台
- EnglishLuntai
From the Mandarin 輪臺 /輪台 /轮台 (Lúntái).
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Chinese Cantonese 輪臺 /轮台, 輪台
- 輪臺 /轮台 (leon⁴ toi⁴)a county in Xinjiang, China
- 輪台 (leon⁴ toi⁴)a county in Xinjiang, China
Chinese Mandarin 輪臺 /轮台, 輪台
- 輪臺 /轮台 (Lúntái)a county in Xinjiang, China
- 輪台 (Lúntái)a county in Xinjiang, China
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Luntai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luntai
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