Etymology

Shant'ou

Mandarin 汕頭 /汕头
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from汕頭 /汕头
  2. English todayShant'ou

From Mandarin 汕頭 /汕头 (Shàntóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan⁴-tʻou².

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.