Antung


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An·tung

 (än′to͝ong′)
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Antung

(ˈænˈtʊŋ)
n
(Placename) a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Andong
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Dan•dong

(ˈdɑnˈdɔŋ)

n.
a seaport in SE Liaoning province, in NE China, at the mouth of the Yalu River. 537,745. Formerly, Antung.
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For the romantic side, we have the account of Audrey Harris, a British travel writer, who traveled by train from Antung (Dandong), a Chinese city on the Yalu River, to Seoul.
For example, a dao slab (or 'wing sword') is light and has a thin blade, while a dao kontuy antung ('eel-tailed sword') has a long hilt and a blade with sharper points.
Now Hindutva leaders have the reign in New Delhi can do Antung they like in the absence any support from intentional organizations or leaders.
Dahan, 1600-1900 m, 9VL2010, Xuexin Chen leg., one male (SCAU); Pingtung, Shuangliu National Forest Recreation Area, 30.VI.2011, Pu Tang leg., one male (SCAU); Hualien, Tayuling, 2560 m, 10-15.LX.1980, one male (TARI); Hualien, Fuli, 9-ll.XI.l98l, one male (TARI); Hualien, Antung, 14-17.11.1984, one male (TARI); Taoyuan, Up-Palin-Lalashan, 1110-2130 m, 9.VH.1986, one male (TARI); Taoyuan, Paling, 800 m, 3-5.V.1983, one male (TARI); Taoyuan, Palin, 8-9.VII.1986, one male (TARI); Taoyuan, E of Bailing, 800 m, 25.V.1990, cloud forest.
(38) Test flights in December preceded operational missions along the Yalu River the following month to image the airfield at Antung. (39)
Dispatch to Hearst papers written in Antung, Manchuria, on May 1.
(8) Davidson was appointed Agent at Tamsui (December 19, 1896); Consul for Formosa (June 2, 1898); Consul at Antung (January 22, 1904); Commercial Attache at Shanghai (May-Aug 1904); Consul at Nanking (August 1, 1904-Oct.
On 22 October 1952, he and Joe Logan, his wingman, were screening a group of fighter-bombers close to the Yalu River and ended up penetrating Chinese airspace all the way to Antung. Returning toward the Yalu after a low-level kill, the pair caught flak, and Logan's jet was shot up badly.
Namsi was a scant 30 miles east of Antung and its politically protected air bases in Manchuria.