Tongbai

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 桐柏 (Tóngbǎi).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: to͝ongʹbīʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Tong‧bai

Proper noun

Tongbai

  1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
    • [1978 August 1 [1978 March], “Plant Fossils of Late Eocene From Wu-ch'eng, Honan and Their Significance in Botany and Paleoclimatology”, in People's Republic of China Scientific Abstracts‎[2], number 195, →OCLC, page 23:
      This paper records some plant impressions from the Wu-li-tui formation of the Wu-ch'eng basin in T'ung-pai hsien, Honan. The xerophytic Palibinia and small leaves of various kinds of leguminous plants are predominant.]
    • [1979, International Minerals/Metals Review‎[3], McGraw-Hill, →OCLC, page 19:
      A large deposit of high-grade natural soda reportedly has been found in Tungpai County of Honan Province, within the Paleogene system of Cenozoic rocks.]
    • [1980, Joseph H. Levang, “1911 - 1918: Consolidation and Growth”, in The Church of the Lutheran Brethren 1900-1975, Fergus Falls, Minnesota: Lutheran Brethren Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 89:
      George Holm successfully secured property in the town of Pingshih, Tungpeh County of Honan Province and began work there in the early part of the year. Pingshih was the largest market town in Tungpeh County, and a center of trade. In October, after the marriage of Holm and Lena Rygh, they moved to Pingshih and the work progressed encouragingly.]
    • 2013 August, Eileen De Guire, “State of raw materials 2013”, in American Ceramic Society Bulletin‎[4], volume 92, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28:
      China recently announced discovery of a large trona deposit in Tongbai County, ranking it the largest trona deposit in Asia and second only to the Wyoming deposit.
    • 2022 August 23, Emily Chow, “China's Henan province ups gold resource at Laowan mine”, in Richard Pullin, editor, Reuters‎[5], archived from the original on 14 July 2023, COMMODITIES‎[6]:
      The Laowan mine in Tongbai county produced 208 tonnes of gold between 2011 and 2019, the bureau said.
      Henan is China’s second-largest gold producing province after northeastern Shandong province.
    • 2023 August 26, Jack Lau, “Be alert: China enlists the public in push back at US spying efforts”, in South China Morning Post‎[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 August 2023, Politics‎[8]:
      Another Douyin video, uploaded by the police department of Tongbai county in Henan province, showed a policewoman trying to identify spies by quizzing pedestrians about lines from sketch shows that only Chinese people – but not foreigners – would know.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tungpeh or T’ung-pai”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1960, column 3

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