Etymology

Shan-tung

Mandarin 山東 /山东
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from山東 /山东
  2. English todayShan-tung

From Mandarin 山東 /山东 (Shāndōng), reinforced by Wade-Giles romanization: Shan¹-tung¹.

Words from the same roots

Mandarin山東 all →

Shandong

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.