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Meaning of Tong'an | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/(ˈ)tʰɔŋˈɑn/

Definitions

  1. A district of Xiamen, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
  2. An ancient county of Fujian, China, including present-day Xiamen, Kinmen and part of Longhai.
    historical

Examples

“Other cases include a dispute over sandy terrain in Yangzizhou, Puqi county, Hubei, on July 18, 1925 (ten killed, twelve wounded; Puqi WSZL, vol. 2, 1986, pp. 110-13) and one for three full years, from 1945 to 1948, in Tong’an, Fujian (Tong’an WSZL, vol. 9, 1989, p. 133).”
“ABC Xiamen Tong'an Rural Bank Limited Liability Company was established in June 2012 in Tong'an District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, with a registered capital of RMB100 million, 51% of which was held by the Bank.”
“The video has been viewed more than 1,000 times after it was shared here on Twitter on October 20, 2021. Its simplified Chinese-language caption translates as: "On October 16, in Tong'an district, Xiamen, Fujian, city management officers were injured by sulfuric acid and 19 people were burned."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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