Dunhuang
See also: Dūnhuáng
English
Alternative forms
- (historical, obsolete): Tunhwang
- Tun-huang, Tunhuang (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʊnˈhwæŋ/, /dʊnˈhwɑŋ/
- enPR: do͝onʹhwängʹ[2]
- Hyphenation: Dun‧huang
Proper noun
Dunhuang
- A county-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
- (historical) A former commandery in Gansu, China, under various imperial dynasties.
- (historical) A former kingdom in Gansu, China, during the early 10th century.
Synonyms
- (former kingdom): Guiyi
Derived terms
Translations
county-level city in Gansu, China
former kingdom in Gansu, China
References
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 485: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Tun-huang (Dunhuang) 敦煌”
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tunhwang or Tun-huang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1961, column 1
Further reading
- “Dunhuang, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Dunhuang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dunhuang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1074, columns 1, 2