Meanings
- Synonym of Dongguan: the Cantonese-derived name.
The city of Tungkun lies not far from Canton, and outside its walls is one of the innumerable colonies of lepers to be found in that vast Empire.
1906, John Jackson, Lepers, Thirty-one Years' Work Among Them, →OCLC, page 3651 more example
VILLAGE AT TUNGKUN What can be done has already been demonstrated to a great extent at the German Rhenish Mission at Tungkun, forty miles outside Canton.[...]There is a strong Christian program at Tungkun, a happy spirit of fellowship and community cooperation.
1948, American Mission to Lepers, China's Leprosy, →OCLC, page 13Synonyms: Dongguan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Dongguan: the Cantonese-derived name.
Origin
- Cantonese東莞 /东莞
- EnglishTungkun
From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 東莞 /东莞 (dung¹ gun²).
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Tungkun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tungkun
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