Ch'ing-tao
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Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Qingdao. alt-of, alternative
"Somewhere between this type and the mixed type noted previously would be cases like that of Ch'ing-tao, in which virtually the entire existing city was constructed by the Germans after the razing of the old Chinese town, which included a new "Chinese" town laid out alongside the "Western" and disconcertingly Teutonic new town."
Example
More examples"Somewhere between this type and the mixed type noted previously would be cases like that of Ch'ing-tao, in which virtually the entire existing city was constructed by the Germans after the razing of the old Chinese town, which included a new "Chinese" town laid out alongside the "Western" and disconcertingly Teutonic new town."
Etymology
From Mandarin 青島 /靑島 /青岛 (Qīngdǎo), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻing¹-tao³.
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