"Shantou" meaning in All languages combined

See Shantou on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

enPR: shänʹtōʹ Etymology: From Mandarin 汕頭/汕头 (Shàntóu). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|汕頭|tr=Shàntóu}} 汕頭/汕头 (Shàntóu) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shantou
  1. A prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China. Wikipedia link: Shantou Categories (place): Cities in Guangdong, Places in China, Places in Guangdong, Shantou Synonyms: Shan-t'ou (alt: Wade–Giles), Swatow (english: Postal Romanization) Translations (a city of China): شَانْتُو (šantū) [masculine] (Arabic), 汕頭 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 汕头 (Sòaⁿ-thâu) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 汕頭 (Chinese Cantonese), 汕头 (saan³ tau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 汕頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 汕头 (Shàntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), Shantou [masculine] (French), Santou (Hungarian), 汕頭 (Sentō) (alt: せんとう) (Japanese), 산터우 (Santeou) (Korean), Шаньто́у (Šanʹtóu) [masculine] (Russian), ซัวเถา (suua-tǎo) (Thai), Sán Đầu (Vietnamese)

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