Dunhuang
See also: Dūnhuáng
English
Alternative forms
- (historical, obsolete): Tunhwang
- (from Wade–Giles) Tun-huang, Tunhuang
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʊnˈhwæŋ/, /dʊnˈhwɑŋ/
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, LCCN 79-42627, OCLC 781411242, 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”
Further reading
- “Dunhuang, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Dunhuang at OneLook Dictionary Search
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