Badong

See also: badong

English

Alternative forms

• Patung (Postal Romanization)
• Pa-tung (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴東／巴东 (Bādōng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.dɔŋ/, /bɑ-/, /-dɒŋ/

Proper noun

Badong

1. A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
   • 2007 November 23, “Bus crushed in China dam area landslide, 31 dead”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 December 2007‎^[2]:

     The latest report from the scene in Badong county, Hubei province, said a road near the rail site had also been buried under rocks and earth. […]
     Badong is one of the steep areas along the reservoir where local residents recently told Reuters they had seen more landslides and tremors since the water level rose last year, increasing pressure on brittle slopes.

Translations

county in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴東／巴东 (zh) (Bādōng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: पाटुंग (pāṭuṅga)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Badong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 268, column 2

Anagrams

• Bogdan, bandog, dongba

Bikol Central

Etymology

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈdoŋ/ [baˈd̪oŋ]
• Hyphenation: Ba‧dong

Proper noun

Badóng (Basahan spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔)

1. a surname, common in Camarines Sur