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Ding

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname from Mandarin or Eastern Min.

proper noun

  1. 1

    historicalA prefecture of imperial China within present-day Hebei under the Northern Wei, Sui, and Tang dynasties, with its seat at Dingzhou.

  2. 2

    historicalA county of Republican China in Hebei Province.

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Mandarin or Eastern Min.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).

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