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Tungan1
nounTungan pl (plural only)
- alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of Dungan (“a Muslim people”).
Tungan2
proper noun
- alternativeAlternative form of Tong'an.
By the mid-13th century, a magistracy was set up in Penghu by the government of the Yuan Dynasty to exercise jurisdiction over Taiwan and other islands. This office was under the administration of Tungan County in Chuanchou Prefecture.
(Can we date this quote?), Barbara Barnouin, Yu Changgen, “Irresistible Historical Trends, (Selection of documents regarding China and the UN)”, in Chinese Foreign Policy during the Cultural Revolution, Kegan Paul International, published 1998, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 181
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