Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Mudanjiang.
Aug 11-16, 1945 Russians take Mu-tan-chiang, key position in the east, after a see-saw battle
2012, A. A. Evans, David Gibbons, The Illustrated Timeline of World War II, New York: Rosen Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2473 more examples
The principal rivers are the Yalu or Ai-chiang, the Tumen or Kaoli-chiang, the Sungari or Sung-hua-chiang, the Nonni, and the Hurka or Mu-tan-chiang.
1888, H. E. M. James, The Long White Mountain or A Journey in Manchuria, Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 5The balanced planning of the ancient city on the Mu-tan-chiang corresponds on the whole to the layout of the capital of the T'ang Dynasty, Ch'ang-an. The same street plans are found in the ancient capitals of Japan, Nara and Kyoto, built on the Chinese model.
1965, Alexey Okladnikov, The Soviet Far East in Antiquity: An Archaeological and Historical Study of the Maritime Region of the U.S.S.R., University of Toronto Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 183The key to the front was the town of Mu-tan-chiang, where the Japanese 5th Army (Lieutenant-General N. Shimizu) had concentrated.
1978, Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia, volume 20, H. S. Stuttman Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2701
Origin
- Mandarin牡丹江
- EnglishMu-tan-chiang
From Mandarin 牡丹江 (Mǔdānjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Mu³-tan¹-chiang¹.
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