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English
Etymology
From Hokkien 永定 (Éng-tēng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Engteng
- Synonym of Yongding
1952, “Ringleader of Plot to Overthrow Yeh Chien-ying”, in Review of Hong Kong Chinese Press, →OCLC, page 5:It is learned from a merchant of Engteng in southwestern Fukien who recently arrived in Swatow that Liu Yung-sheng (劉永生), former commander of the Communist Fukien-Kwangtung Border Column who had plotted to overthrow Yeh Chien-ying, Communist governor of Kwangtung, was publicly tried in Engteng, Liu's native place, on June 24.
1972, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 176–177:Another distinctive crop is tobacco, which is produced in the Engteng area. Engteng is situated in the upper reaches of the Han Kiang, here known as the Ting Kiang. The tobacco, which provides the livelihood for virtually the entire hsien of Engteng, is shipped to Swatow in Kwangtung.
1990, Carl Molesworth, Steve Moseley, Wing to Wing: Air Combat in China, 1943-45, New York: Orion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 23:Foley’s crew landed near Engteng and were contacted by Chinese army forces, who escorted them to Kukong.
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