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Shantung

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Shandong. alt-of, alternative

    "The rest of the coast of China northward, as far as this chart is continued, is copied from the Missionary provincial charts, except in the direction of the coast, which is made more westerly, to accord with the situation of the Chantong or Shantung Promontory, at the entrance of the Yellow Sea, as observed in the voyage of Lord MACARTNEY."

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of Chinese silk, originally undyed. countable, uncountable

    "As she walked, the soft silk of her dress – she wore a blue shantung, full-skirted – blew away from the sea and flapped and clung to her legs."

  2. 2
    a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation) wordnet
  3. 3
    A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung.

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng) cf. Wade-Giles romanization: Shan¹-tung¹.

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