Tungann.adj.
/ˈtʌŋɡən//ˈtʊŋɡən//ˈdʌŋɡən//ˈdʊŋɡən/ A. n.
A member of a Muslim people in China and in Russian central Asia of Chinese descent.
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Manchu1697
Lolo1736
Miaotse1810
Tanka1839
Hakka1854
Tungan1875
Miao1882
Yao1883
Yüeh1901
Mien1902
1875 Bellew & Chapman in T. D. Forsyth Report Mission Yarkund ii. 81 The Kara Khitay, the Khitay, and the Tungani.
1908 Lady Macartney Diary 12 July in Eng. Lady in Chinese Turkestan (1931) xi. 166 Tunganis and Kirghiz, noticeable by reason of their big fur hats.
1927 M. Cable & F. French Through Jade Gate xxxvii. 221 Whereas the Tungan speaks Chinese, the Turki has his own tongue.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia V. 190/3 Some Chinese Muslims, called Dungans, have settled in the Soviet Union in the villages and towns of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Alma-Ata oblast (region) of the Kazakh S.S.R.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Tungans.
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Miao1834
Yao1834
Miaotse1885
Tungan1927
Mien1992
1927 M. Cable & F. French Through Jade Gate xxxvii. 221 A stranger on first seeing a Tungan youth would probably say: ‘What a handsome Arab boy.’
1965 K. P. S. Menon Many Worlds xiv. 201 A young Tungan General.
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