Tatung

English

Proper noun

Tatung

1. Obsolete spelling of Datong
   • 1964, O. Edmund Clubb, 20th Century China‎^[1], Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221:

     The Japanese forces went on to an easy conquest of Tatung, commanding the gateway into Shansi Province, because Yen Hsi-shan's relative General Li Fu-ying, was chiefly interested in preserving his strength and abandoned the fortress town without a fight.

   • 1972, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map‎^[2], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 233:

     The most important coal basin is Tatung, in the extreme north of the province, where good bituminous coal, partly suitable for coking, is mined. The modern development of Tatung began in the early 1920's, after the coal basin had been reached by the railroad from Peking. The early mines were situated at Kowchüan, 10 miles southwest of Tatung.

   • 1978 July 16, “Anti-Communist actions escalate”, in Free China Weekly‎^[3], volume XIX, number 29, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     According to the report, a bomb planted by an anti-Communist group in a theater at Tatung in Shansi Province on My 21 killed 29 Communist commune cadres and 15 others were seriously injured, while more than 100 people suffered slight injuries.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Tatung.

Translations

Datong — see Datong

Further reading

• “Tatung”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Tatung” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• Gauntt, Tangut

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German

Proper noun

Tatung n (proper noun, genitive Tatungs or (optionally with an article) Tatung)

1. Alternative spelling of Datong
   • 1976, Raymond Cartier, Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg Mächte u. Männer ; 1945 - 1965‎^[4], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 181:

     In Shansi blockierten sie in Tatung eine bedeutende Regierungsgarnison.

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