Antung

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Antung

/ɑnˈtʊŋ/

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From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 安東／安东 (Āndōng).

proper noun An-tung

historical Former name of Dandong. The Yalu is mainly useful in floating down immense rafts of wood, which find their way from the town of Antung, at the mouth of the river, to the port of Newchwang, and to Chefoo and Tientsin for the provinces of Shantung and Chihli.

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@misc{antung_2026,
  title = {Antung},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/antung},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}