Dongxiang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an ethnic group of Gansu Province in China.
name
  1. An autonomous county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China.
  2. The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people.
name
  1. A township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
  2. An island of Dongxiang, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Pronunciation

/dɔŋ.ʃɒŋ/ /dɒŋ-/ /-ʃæŋ/ do͝ongʹshyängʹ

Word forms

Dongxiang Dongxiangs Tung-hsiang

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東鄉 /东乡 (Dōngxiāng).

Synonyms

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