Shandong

American  

[shahn-dawng] / ˈʃɑnˈdɔŋ /

noun

Pinyin.

1. a maritime province in eastern China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Jinan.

2. a peninsula in the eastern part of this province, extending into the Yellow Sea.

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Shandong British  

/ ˈʃænˈdʌŋ /

noun

1. a province of NE China, on the Yellow Sea and the Gulf of Chihli: part of the earliest organized state of China (1520–1030 _bc ); consists chiefly of the fertile plain of the lower Yellow River, with mountains over 1500 m (5000 ft) high in the centre. Capital: Jinan. Pop: 91 250 000 (2003 est). Area: 153 300 sq km (59 189 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Following her death, he signed a 30-year agreement to preserve his wife's frozen body with the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute.

From BBC

The domestically-built vessel can carry planes with heavier weapons and fuel loads so they can strike enemy targets from a greater distance, making it more powerful than China's first two carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong - both built by the Russians.

From BBC

Most of Iran’s sanctioned oil exports are bought by independent “teapot” refineries in China’s Shandong region.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chinese customs officers in eastern Shandong province have seized 60,000 maps that "mislabelled" the self-governed island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.

From BBC

The confiscation of "problematic maps" by Chinese customs officers is not uncommon - though the number of the maps seized in Shandong easily eclipses past seizures.

From BBC