Shan-t'ou

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^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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.

Translations

Shantou — see Shantou