Etymology

Pao-t'ou

Mandarin 包頭 /包头
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from包頭 /包头
  2. English todayPao-t'ou

From Mandarin 包頭 /包头 (Bāotóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Pao¹-tʻou².

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.