Swatow

/ (ˈswɒˈtaʊ) /


noun
  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Shantou

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How to use Swatow in a sentence

  • Hindered from returning to Swatow, I now decided to join these brethren in the Ningpo work, and set out at once upon the journey.

    A Retrospect | James Hudson Taylor
  • I mention Hongkong only to make more clear my description of Swatow, its northern neighbor.

    A Tour of the Missions | Augustus Hopkins Strong
  • Swatow is the third port in the amount thus obtained, itself furnishing two to three millions of the aggregate result.

    A Tour of the Missions | Augustus Hopkins Strong
  • It is the converging point of all the trade that reaches Swatow from a hundred miles to the south and the west.

    A Tour of the Missions | Augustus Hopkins Strong
  • Chao-yang is a larger city than Swatow; the Chinese count it as containing a population of three hundred thousand.

    A Tour of the Missions | Augustus Hopkins Strong