"Baotou" meaning in English

See Baotou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /baʊ.toʊ/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 包頭/包头 (Bāotóu), from Mongolian ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ (buɣutu, “haunt of deers”), from ᠪᠤᠭᠤ (buɣu, “deer”) / буга (buga) + -ᠲᠤ (-tu, “with…”) / -т (-t, “ornative case suffix”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{bor|en|cmn|^包頭}} Mandarin 包頭/包头 (Bāotóu), {{der|en|mn|ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ||haunt of deers}} Mongolian ᠪᠤᠭᠤᠲᠤ (buɣutu, “haunt of deers”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Baotou
  1. A prefecture-level city, the largest city in Inner Mongolia, in northern China. Wikipedia link: Baotou Categories (place): Baotou, Cities in China, Cities in Inner Mongolia, Places in China, Places in Inner Mongolia Synonyms: Pao-t'ou (alt: Wade–Giles), Paotow Translations (a prefecture-level city in northern China): بَاوْتُو (bawtū) [masculine] (Arabic), 包頭 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 包头 (Pau-thâu) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 包頭 (Chinese Cantonese), 包头 (baau¹ tau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 包頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 包头 (Bāotóu) (Chinese Mandarin), Paotou (Hungarian), 包頭 (Hōtō) (alt: ほうとう) (Japanese), パオトウ (Paotō) (Japanese), 바오터우 (Baoteou) (Korean), Ба́отоу (Báotou) [neuter] (Macedonian), Баото́у (Baotóu) [indeclinable, masculine] (Russian), Baotou (Spanish), Bao Đầu (Vietnamese)

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