"Dongguan" meaning in All languages combined

See Dongguan on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東莞/东莞 (Dōngguǎn). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|東莞}} Mandarin 東莞/东莞 (Dōngguǎn) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dongguan
  1. A prefecture-level city in Guangdong, in southeastern China. Wikipedia link: Dongguan Categories (place): Cities in Guangdong, Dongguan, Places in China, Places in Guangdong Synonyms: Tungkoon, Tungkuan, Tung-kuan (alt: Wade–Giles) Synonyms (from Cantonese): Tungkun [obsolete] Translations (a city of China): دُونْغْقْوَان (dunḡqwān) [masculine] (Arabic), دُونْغْغْوَان (dunḡḡwān) [masculine] (Arabic), 東莞 (Chinese Cantonese), 东莞 (english: dung¹ gun²) (Chinese Cantonese), 東莞 (Chinese Mandarin), 东莞 (Dōngguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), Tungkuan (Hungarian), 東莞 (Tōkan) (alt: とうかん) (Japanese), ドングァン (Dongwan) (Japanese), 둥완 (dung'wan) (Korean), Дунгуа́н (Dunguán) [masculine] (Macedonian), Дунгуа́нь (Dunguánʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Đông Hoản (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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