Shandong

Shan·dong
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proper noun

A coastal province in eastern China. Capital: Jinan.

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hanyu Pinyin Shan-dong · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Shan-Dong · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Shan Dong · alternative Shantung · alternative Shan-tung · alternative Shan-Tung · alternative Shan Tung · alternative obsolete Xantung · alternative obsolete Xan-tung · alternative obsolete Xan-Tung · alternative obsolete Xan Tung · alternative obsolete Xan-tun · alternative obsolete Xan-ton · alternative obsolete Shan-ton · alternative obsolete Shan-tong · alternative obsolete Shan-tang

  1. A coastal province in eastern China. Capital: Jinan.

    Rescue workers rushed to save a group of miners trapped after an accident at a coal mine in the eastern province of Shandong late on Saturday, Chinese state media reported Sunday.

    2018 October 21, “Chinese rescuers rush to save trapped coal miners”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2018, News
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    We couldn’t solve this problem by the force of one co-op alone, so we united co-ops. But the people were still discussing the best form of agricultural production. “Then Chairman Mao inspected agriculture in Shandong Province and issued the call for people’s communes, summed up in his slogan, ‘People’s Communes are Fine!’

    1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, quoting Zhou Min-fu, “Agriculture: The Foundation”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China, Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 99

    One train was en route from Beijing to the seaside resort of Qingdao when the accident happened in Zibo, Shandong province. The second train was from the resort of Yantai, in Shandong.

    2008 April 28, “Scores dead and hundreds injured in China train collision”, in France 24, archived from the original on 04 May 2010

    Beijing is the last stop in Maduro’s China tour, which began in the southern city of Shenzhen and included stops in Shanghai and the eastern Shandong province.[…] He also visited Mt Taishan, a sacred mountain in the Shandong province, to seek “blessings for Venezuela,” according to a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account.

    2023 September 13, “Maduro meets Xi during official China visit”, in EFE, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2023

Origin

  1. Mandarin山東 /山东
  2. EnglishShandong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 山東 /山东 (Shāndōng).

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Translations

Arabic شَانْدُونْغ
  • شَانْدُونْغ (šandunḡ)province of China
Chinese Cantonese 山東 /山东
  • 山東 /山东province of China
Chinese Mandarin 山東 /山东
  • 山東 /山东 (Shāndōng)province of China
Czech Šan-tung
  • Šan-tungprovince of China
Esperanto Ŝandongo
  • Ŝandongoprovince of China
Greek Σαντόνγκ, Σαντούνγκ
  • Σαντόνγκ (Santóngk)province of China
  • Σαντούνγκ (Santoúngk)province of China
Hindi शानदोंग
  • शानदोंग (śāndoṅg)province of China
Hungarian Santung
  • Santungprovince of China
Indonesian Shandong
  • Shandongprovince of China
Japanese 山東
  • 山東 (Santō)province of China
Korean 산동
  • 산동 (Sandong)province of China
Latvian Šaņduna
  • Šaņdunaprovince of China
Lithuanian Šandongas
  • Šandongasprovince of China
Polish Szantung
  • Szantungprovince of China
Portuguese Xantungue
  • Xantungueprovince of China
Russian Шаньду́н
  • Шаньду́н (Šanʹdún)province of China
Vietnamese Sơn Đông
  • Sơn Đôngprovince of China

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Cite this entry
APA

Shandong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shandong

MLA

“Shandong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shandong. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shandong,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shandong.

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