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Shan-tung
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shantung Shantung
English
Etymology
From en cmn 山東, reinforced by Wade-Giles romanization: Shan¹-tung¹.
Proper noun
1
en Shandong.
en https://archive.org/details/5926708upenn/ 1797 September An authentic Account of an Embaſſy from the King of Great-Britain to the Emperor of China w:British Critic X 232 https://archive.org/details/britishcritic10londuoft/page/232/ After doubling the promontory of Shan-tung, which is the extreme point eaſt of the Chineſe coaſt, he proceeded firſt to Ten-choo-foo, one of the principal cities of the province: here a ſecond pilot was procured, with more confidence, but with as little knowledge as his predeceſſor.
en https://archive.org/details/5926708upenn/ 11 September 1919 Tai-shan: The Holy Mountain in Shan-tung Julia Ellsworth Ford 3 When I heard that Shan-tung was to be turned over to the control of the Japanese Government, through drastic economic concessions, my first thought was: Could it be possible that Tai-shan and the vicinity of the Holy Mountain was included in that treaty. Imagine the indignation of the Japanese if their worshipped Fujiyama had been given by the Big Four to China for her part in the war!
en 1969 w:Yi-Fu Tuan China https://archive.org/details/china0000tuan/ Chicago Aldine Publishing Company 0-395-54798-9 71-86829 100249 33 https://archive.org/details/china0000tuan/page/33/ The part of China that has supported a dense population for the longest period of time is a large territory: it includes the Wei Ho basin and Shan-hsi plateau in the west, the Shan-tung peninsula in the east and the North China plain in between.
en 1996 w:Felipe Fernández-Armesto Millennium https://archive.org/details/millenniumhistor00fern_0/ w:Touchstone Books 0-684-82536-8 95-18899 0-684-82536-8 131 https://archive.org/details/millenniumhistor00fern_0/page/131/ Where the founder of the dynasty had got about on a pony’s back, his grandson needed four elephants to transport him, and whereas a simple tent was good enough to house his ancestors, Kublai Khan decreed a stately pleasure-dome in Shan-tung, built of gilded canes.
en 2015 Xiao Bai Chenxin Jiang French Concession https://archive.org/details/frenchconcession0000xiao_y4x3/ w:Harper Collins Publishers 978-0-06-231345-4 919478151 147 https://archive.org/details/frenchconcession0000xiao_y4x3/page/147/ Ku had wondered whether Park's northern accent would give him away, but he decided it would have to do. Luckily Continental employed plenty of drivers from Shan-tung.
Translations
Shandong
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