datong

As a noun terms

is .

As a proper noun datong is

a city in shanxi province, china.

As a noun china

is (uncountable) the root of a climbing plant, smilax china l, once believed to have important medicinal properties or china can be (cockney rhyming slang|countable) mate (ie, friend).

As a proper noun datong is

a city in shanxi province, china.

As proper nouns the difference between province and datong

is that province is (british) northern ireland while datong is a city in shanxi province, china.

As a noun province

is a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; (canada) one of ten of canada's federated entities, recognized by the constitution and having a separate representative of the sovereign (compare territory).

As proper nouns the difference between shanxi and datong

is that shanxi is a province in the northern part of the people's republic of china while datong is a city in shanxi province, china.

As proper nouns the difference between city and datong

is that city is (uk) a popular shortened form of the city of london, the historic core of london where the roman settlement of londinium was established while datong is a city in shanxi province, china.