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• Shantung
  Shantung

  noun

  Shandong.
• shantung
  shantung

  noun

  a heavy silk fabric with a knobbly surface

Shantung

American  

[shan-tuhng, shan-tuhng, shahn-doong] / ˈʃænˈtʌŋ, ˈʃæn tʌŋ, ˈʃɑnˈdʊŋ /

noun

1. Shandong.

2. (often lowercase)

   1. a heavy pongee.

   2. a fabric imitating this, of rayon or cotton.

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shantung ¹ British  

/ ˌʃænˈtʌŋ /

noun

1. a heavy silk fabric with a knobbly surface

2. a cotton or rayon imitation of this

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Shantung ² British  

/ ˈʃænˈtʌŋ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Shandong

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Etymology

Origin of shantung

C19: so called because it was first imported to Britain from _Shantung in China