"Yantai" meaning in All languages combined

See Yantai on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 煙臺/烟台 (Yāntái, “smoke tower”), from a Ming-era signal tower on Mount Qi. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{der|en|zh|煙臺|t=smoke tower}} Chinese 煙臺/烟台 (Yāntái, “smoke tower”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yantai
  1. A coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China. Categories (place): Cities in Shandong, Places in China, Places in Shandong, Yantai Synonyms (coastal city in Shandong): Chefoo [China, dated]
    Sense id: en-Yantai-en-name-tow3eYKI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 15 35 Disambiguation of 'coastal city in Shandong': 52 29 19
  2. (historical) Zhifu, a former village in northeastern Shandong, China, which grew into modern Yantai. Tags: historical Categories (place): Historical settlements, Places in China, Places in Shandong Synonyms: Yen-tai, Yen-t’ai (alt: Wade–Giles)
    Sense id: en-Yantai-en-name-XWPGwo9U
  3. A village in the township of Haidao, Xiapu County, in the prefecture-level city of Ningde, Fujian, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Fujian, Villages in China, Villages in Fujian
    Sense id: en-Yantai-en-name-cQUQSBOu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (a city of China): يَانْتَاي (yantay) [masculine] (Arabic), 煙臺 (Chinese Mandarin), 烟台 or 煙台 (Yāntái) (Chinese Mandarin), 烟台 (Yāntái) (Chinese Mandarin), Jentaj (Hungarian), 煙台 (Entai) (alt: えんたい) (Japanese), 연태 (Yeontae) (Korean), Ја́нтај (Jántaj) [masculine] (Macedonian), Яньта́й (Janʹtáj) [masculine] (Russian), Yên Đài (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'a city of China': 38 32 30

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Yantai meaning in All languages combined (6.7kB)

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