Etymology

Yantai

Yan·tai
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Today it means: A coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China. Full definition →

Chinese 煙臺 /烟台
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  1. Chinese · derived from煙臺 /烟台“smoke tower”
  2. English todayYantai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 煙臺 /烟台 (Yāntái, “smoke tower”), from a Ming-era signal tower on Mount Qi.

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