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    Shantou (redirect from Swatow)
    Shantou, alternately romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total...
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    The Swatow dialect, or in Mandarin the Shantou dialect, is a Chinese dialect mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong, China. It is a dialect of Chaoshan...
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  • The Swatow Operation (June 21–27, 1939; Chinese: 潮汕戰鬥) was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade China in order to...
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    Swatow ware or Zhangzhou ware is a loose grouping of mainly late Ming dynasty Chinese export porcelain wares initially intended for the Southeast Asian...
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    Swatow Street (Chinese: 汕頭街) is a street in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong island, Hong Kong. It intersects with Queen's Road East and Johnston Road. It...
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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Teochew Romanization, also known as Swatow Church Romanization, or locally as Pe̍h-ūe-jī (Chinese: 白話字; lit. 'Vernacular...
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  • customs. The Swatow people are those who speak the Swatow language and identify with Swatow culture, cuisine, and customs. Kekyeo, Teochew, Swatow and Chaoshan...
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    in Jiedong, Jiexi, as well as in northern parts of Puning and Chaoyang Swatow dialect (汕头话 / 汕頭話), spoken in urban Shantou (Jinping and Longhu) Raoping...
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  • China's People's Liberation Army Navy. Known in the United States as the "Swatow" class gunboat, it was based on the Soviet P-6 class torpedo boat. The boat...
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    Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (IATA: SWA, ICAO: ZGOW) is an international airport serving the cities of Jieyang, Shantou and Chaozhou in South...
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