Shantou
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Shantou
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From Mandarin 汕頭／汕头 (Shàntóu).
proper noun Shan-t'ou · Shant'ou
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A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
A typical example was that of Shantou Special District in Kwangtung where in “full implementation” of party policies all the cadres from the brigades had been sent to the “front line of production” to lead the masses in spring planting and a total labour force of 2.42 million for the whole district,
Similar: Swatow
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Talk about this word "Shantou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shantou. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Shantou. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shantou "Shantou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shantou.
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@misc{shantou_2026,
title = {Shantou},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shantou},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
