Tungchow

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 通州 (Tōngzhōu).

Proper noun

Tungchow

1. Dated form of Tongzhou.
   • 1900, Alexis Krausse, The Story of the Chinese Crisis‎^[1], Cassel and Company, Limited, →OCLC, page 90:

     Two days later, however, the French, who were leading in the continued march on Peking, found themselves opposed by a large force of Chinese, congregated at the bridge which crosses the river at a place known as Palikao, west of Tungchow. Here, after a brief encounter, the Chinese were scattered, and the Allies, after capturing the bridge and surrounding country, found themselves in command of the road which leads to Peking.

   • 1938, T. A. Bisson, Japan in China‎^[2], New York: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 13:

     Only Japan, since 1933, had exercised the right of stationing troops at most of the twelve places specified in Article IX. In addition, from the end of 1935 Japan arbitrarily assumed the right of stationing a military force at Tungchow, and from September 1936 at Fengtai. The maintenance of Japanese troops at these two towns was clearly contrary to the provisions of the Boxer Protocol.

   • 1989, Katie Flynn, A Family Affair‎^[3], Arrow Books, published 2014, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 239:

     Indeed when, on 12 August, they took the walled town of Tungchow, the hardest obstacle between them and Peking, she curled up under her blanket and refused to move, worrying the company and the sergeant considerably.

   • 1992, Sterling Seagrave, Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China‎^[4], New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54:

     By August 1860 the British and French armies had reached Tungchow at the head of the Grand Canal, only five miles east of Peking.

   • 2012, John Wilcox, The War of the Dragon Lady‎^[5], North Yorkshire: Magna Large Print Books, published 2013, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356:

     Their plans laid for the attack on Peking, the troops of the strange, multinational army of the Foreign Powers marched on from the city of Tungchow, turned to the west and left the river behind them.

Further reading

• “Tungchow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.