"Tungkun" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 東莞/东莞 (dung¹ gun²). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|zh-postal|-}} Postal Romanization, {{lang|zh|東莞縣}} 東莞縣, {{lang|zh|廣東}} 廣東, {{bor|en|yue|東莞}} Cantonese 東莞/东莞 (dung¹ gun²) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tungkun
  1. Dated form of Dongguan. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: Dongguan
    Sense id: en-Tungkun-en-name-aFs7WPr9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1906, John Jackson, Lepers, Thirty-one Years' Work Among Them, →OCLC, page 365:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1948, American Mission to Lepers, China's Leprosy, →OCLC, page 13:",
          "text": "VILLAGE AT TUNGKUN\nWhat 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.",
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