Shan-t'ou

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See also: Shantou and Shàntóu

English

Map including SHAN-T'OU (SWATOW) 汕頭 (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

From Mandarin 汕頭汕头 (Shàntóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan⁴-tʻou².

Proper noun

Shan-t'ou

  1. Alternative form of Shantou
    • 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 99:
      Thus, the northeastward movement of the Yao after their arrival in Kuang-tung brought them into the Ch'ao-chou and Shan-t'ou (Swatow) sector of the province and later into Fu-chien and Che-chiang Provinces.
    • 1979, Kenneth Hudson, Ann Nicholls, Tragedy on the High Seas, A & W Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 128:
      1931, 9 August, Fuyan Island, near Fuchou, China
      The steamship, Kwong Sang, was wrecked here during a typhoon while bound from Shanghai to Shan-t'ou with a crew of six British officers and forty-four Chinese.
    • 1996, David Ritche, Shipwrecks: An Encyclopedia of the World's Worst Disasters at Sea, Facts On File, →ISBN, page 268:
      1921, March 18. The Chinese steamship Hong Koh sank near Swatow (Shan-t'ou); approximately 1,000 were killed.

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References

  1. ^ Shantou, Wade-Giles romanization Shan-t’ou, in Encyclopædia Britannica