Badong

See also: badong

English

Alternative forms

• (postal romanization) Patung
• (from Wade–Giles) Pa-tung

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 巴東／巴东 (Bādōng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.dɔŋ/, /bɑ-/, /-dɒŋ/

Proper noun

Badong

1. A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
   • 2007 November 23, “Bus crushed in China dam area landslide, 31 dead”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 December 2007:

     The latest report from the scene in Badong county, Hubei province, said a road near the rail site had also been buried under rocks and earth. […]
     Badong is one of the steep areas along the reservoir where local residents recently told Reuters they had seen more landslides and tremors since the water level rose last year, increasing pressure on brittle slopes.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴東／巴东 (zh) (Bādōng), 巴东 (zh) (Bādōng)

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Anagrams

• Bogdan, bandog, dongba