Meanings
proper noun
alternative T'ung-ling
- A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
The second item in the China Year Book's list is the Tungkuan Shan mines. All that is said about these is as follows : "Tungling district on the Yangtze, 55 miles above Wuhu, Anhui province.
[1922, Bertrand Russell, “Industrialism in China”, in The Problem of China, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, →OL, page 233
Origin
- Mandarin銅陵 /铜陵
- EnglishTongling
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅陵 /铜陵 (Tónglíng).
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Chinese Cantonese 銅陵 /铜陵
- 銅陵 /铜陵prefecture-level city in central China
Chinese Mandarin 銅陵 /铜陵
- 銅陵 /铜陵 (Tónglíng)prefecture-level city in central China
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APA
Tongling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tongling
MLA
“Tongling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tongling. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tongling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tongling.
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