Paotow

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Paotow

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Borrowed from Mandarin 包頭／包头 (Bāotóu).

proper noun

dated Dated form of Baotou Much of the wool and camel’s hair produced in the Northwest is sent to Paotow, Suiyuan, to be shipped to Tientsin for export. Before hostilities about 15,000,000 catties were shipped annually from Paotow, of a total export of some 50,000,000 catties.

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@misc{paotow_2026,
  title = {Paotow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paotow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}