Tunchang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 屯昌 (Túnchāng).

Proper noun

Tunchang

  1. A county of Hainan, China.
    • 1986 [1979 August 17], “Guangdong Reports Unrest on Hainan Island”, in John P. Burns, Stanley Rosen, editors, Policy Conflicts in Post-Mao China: A Documentary Survey with Analysis‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:
      On July 8 this year, under the pretext of "applying for an audience with the higher authorities to appeal for help," some individual evildoers in Hainan Island’s Tunchang County instigated and gathered together over 300 people in the county town who were unaware of the truth.

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