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Etymology
From Mandarin 通化 (Tōnghuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻung¹-hua⁴.[1]
Proper noun
T'ung-hua
- Alternative form of Tonghua
1913, Kinosuke Inouye, “The Coal Resources of Manchuria”, in The Coal Resources of the World, volume 1, Morang & Co. Limited, →OCLC, page 256:Coal is found in several places along the Hun-chiang on the north-east of Tʻung-hua.
1929 March, Raymond A. Lane, “Up the Yalu River”, in The Field Afar, volume XXIII, number III, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 83:Shortly after the party reached An-tung, it was reported that the Japanese officer had been killed by the bandits, who had carried their captive to the vicinity of T’ung-hua, the site of our latest foundation.
1972, Lucien Bianco, “Secret Societies and Peasant Self-Defense, 1921-1933”, in Jean Chesneaux, editor, Popular Movements and Secret Societies in China 1840-1950, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 218:T’ung-hua hsien, between Mukden and Kirin, provides another example. During late 1927 and early 1928, T’ung-hua was the scene of a rather large uprising instigated by the Big Knife Society (Ta-tao Hui).
1978, Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia, volume 20, H. S. Stuttman Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2698:They had permission to retreat to the fortified lines in the T'ung-hua area.
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