shantung

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See also: Shantung and Shan-tung

English

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung.

Noun

shantung (countable and uncountable, plural shantungs)

  1. A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
    • 1963, H. E. Bates, “Major of Hussars”, in Seven by Five:
      The yellow beer, the light shantung suit and the gleaming white teeth were all alight with the trembling silver reflections that sprang from the sunlight on the water.
  2. A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: siyantung

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French

Noun

shantung m (plural shantungs)

  1. Alternative spelling of chantoung

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Spanish

Noun

shantung m (plural shantungs)

  1. shantung

Tagalog

Noun

shantung (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. Alternative spelling of siyantung
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