P'u-tung

English Etymology From en cmn 浦東 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Pʻu³-tung¹. Proper noun 1 1 en Pudong. en 1906 w:Daniel Coit Gilman Shanghai w:The New International Encyclopedia https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_iU8rAAAAMAAJ/ XVIII New York w:Dodd, Mead and Company 651226943 52 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_iU8rAAAAMAAJ/page/n63/ In Pʻu-tung, the district on the east bank of the river, are the shipyards, dry docks, foundries, engineering establishments, machine shops, etc., and the river bank is lined with wharves and great warehouses and stores. en 1912 Chiang-su Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea https://archive.org/details/northernchinaval00madr/ Hachette & Company 58389296 293 https://archive.org/details/northernchinaval00madr/page/293/ Shang-hai, situated 31°14'7" lat. N. and 121029' long. E., stretches nearly 10 miles along the l. bank of the Huang-p’u, on the opposite bank of which stands the suburb of P’u-tung. en 1968 SHANGHAI (SHANG-HAI) w:Encyclopedia Britannica https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita17chic/ 20 68-10064 1036882 345 https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita20chic/page/345/ 2 From the walled city down river on the left bank, and for a longer distance up and down the river on the right bank (an area known as Pootung or P'u-tung) there were in the 1930s less than 10 mi. of riverside shipping frontages with a minimum depth of 12 ft. The congestion at Shanghai was great. Translations Pudong