Shan-tung

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See also: shantung and Shantung

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 山東 / 山东 (Shāndōng), reinforced by Wade-Giles romanization: Shan¹-tung¹.

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Shan-tung

  1. Alternative form of Shandong
    • 1797 September, British Critic, An authentic Account of an Embaſſy from the King of Great-Britain to the Emperor of China, volume X, page 232:
      After doubling the promontory of Shan-tung, which is the extreme point eaſt of the Chineſe coaſt, he proceeded firſt to Ten-choo-foo, one of the principal cities of the province: here a ſecond pilot was procured, with more confidence, but with as little knowledge as his predeceſſor.
    • 1919 September 11, Julia Ellsworth Ford, Tai-shan: The Holy Mountain in Shan-tung, page 3:
      When I heard that Shan-tung was to be turned over to the control of the Japanese Government, through drastic economic concessions, my first thought was: Could it be possible that Tai-shan and the vicinity of the Holy Mountain was included in that treaty. Imagine the indignation of the Japanese if their worshipped Fujiyama had been given by the Big Four to China for her part in the war!
    • 1969, Yi-Fu Tuan, China, Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 33:
      The part of China that has supported a dense population for the longest period of time is a large territory: it includes the Wei Ho basin and Shan-hsi plateau in the west, the Shan-tung peninsula in the east and the North China plain in between.
    • 1996, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Millennium, Touchstone Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 131:
      Where the founder of the dynasty had got about on a pony’s back, his grandson needed four elephants to transport him, and whereas a simple tent was good enough to house his ancestors, Kublai Khan decreed a stately pleasure-dome in Shan-tung, built of gilded canes.
    • 2015, Xiao Bai, translated by Chenxin Jiang, French Concession, Harper Collins Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147:
      Ku had wondered whether Park's northern accent would give him away, but he decided it would have to do. Luckily Continental employed plenty of drivers from Shan-tung.

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