Shan-t'ou

Shantou Shàntóu English thumb|Map including SHAN-T'OU (SWATOW) zh 汕頭 (Army Map Service AMS, 1954) Etymology From en cmn 汕頭, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Shan⁴-tʻou².Shantou, Wade-Giles romanization Shan-t’ou, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Shantou. en 1954 Herold J. Wiens Han Chinese Expansion in South China https://archive.org/details/hanchineseexpans0000wien/ Shoe String Press 1967 67-16409 473651484 99 https://archive.org/details/hanchineseexpans0000wien/page/99/ Thus, the northeastward movement of the Yao after their arrival in Kuang-tung brought them into the Ch'ao-chou and Shan-t'ou (Swatow) sector of the province and later into Fu-chien and Che-chiang Provinces. en 1979 Tragedy on the High Seas https://archive.org/details/tragedyonhighsea00huds/ Kenneth Hudson; Ann Nicholls A & W Publishers 0-89479-024-2 78-55108 5503488 128 https://archive.org/details/tragedyonhighsea00huds/page/128/ 1931, 9 August, Fuyan Island, near Fuchou, ChinaThe steamship, Kwong Sang, was wrecked here during a typhoon while bound from Shanghai to Shan-t'ou with a crew of six British officers and forty-four Chinese. en https://archive.org/details/china0000tuan/ 1996 0-8160-3163-0 Shipwrecks: An Encyclopedia of the World's Worst Disasters at Sea David Ritche w:Facts On File 268 1921, March 18. The Chinese steamship Hong Koh sank near Swatow (Shan-t'ou); approximately 1,000 were killed. Translations Shantou References