Baotou

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Baotou

  • /baʊ.toʊ/

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 包頭 /包头 (Bāotóu), from Mongolian ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ (buɣutu, “haunt of deer”), from ᠪᠤᠭᠤ (buɣu, “deer”) / буга (buga) + -ᠲᠤ (-tu, “with…”) / -т (-t, “ornative case suffix”).

proper noun Pao-t'ou · Paotow

  1. A prefecture-level city, the largest city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China. Moving west from Paotowchen there is only one highway, which many camel trains from Kansu follow in winter, but which is almost deserted in summer when the Yellow River is ice free. This road leads through Santaoho, a Roman Catholic Mission village near the elbow of the river, through Shihtsuishan,

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name a prefecture-level city in northern China

EspañolBaotou
한국어바오터우 Baoteou
日本語包頭 Hōtō, パオトウ Paotō
中文包頭 /包头 Bāotóu
РусскийБаото́у Baotóu
Tiếng ViệtBao Đầu
العربيةبَاوْتُو bawtū

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@misc{baotou_2026,
  title = {Baotou},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baotou},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}