T'u-men

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Tumen (River). alt-of, alternative

    "Article V.—In consideration of the numerous difficulties arising from the authority exercised by local officials over the legal traffic at such places on the boundary as I-chou, Hui-ning, and Ch’ing-yuan, it has now been decided that the people on the frontier shall be free to go to and fro and trade as they please at Ts’e-men and I-chou on the two sides of the Ya-lu River, and at Hun-ch’un and Hui-ning on the two sides of the T’u-men River."

Etymology

From Mandarin 圖們 /图们 (Túmén) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻu³-mên².

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