A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Teancum, City of
TEANCUM, CITY OF. A city mentioned only in connection with the final struggle between the Nephites and Lamanites (Mormon, 4:3-14.) It lay near the sea (probably the Pacific Ocean), a little north of the city of Desolation. When the Lamanites captured Desolation (A. C. 363) the remnants of the Nephites fled to Teancum. The next year the Lamanites attacked the city but were repulsed. They came against it again in A. C. 366-7 and drove the Nephites out, taking many women and children prisoners, whom they sacrificed to their idol gods.