Swatow
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I found it moving to walk among the temples and tiny shop houses of Chinatown, a reminder of the melancholy lives of its Cantonese, Swatow, Hakka and Hokkien settlers.
From New York Times • May 16, 2011
Recently the company advertised a ship scheduled to sail from Hong Kong and arrive at Swatow on the south China coast by April n.
From Time Magazine Archive
Japan's victory-of-the-week over China was at the treaty port of Swatow, 180 miles north of Hong Kong.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the last moment, a planned Easter Sunday landing at Swatow was scrubbed by Van der Bijl because of concern that Chinese authorities might be alerted to the plan.
From Time Magazine Archive
A short run now brings us to Amoy, the dialect of which, though somewhat resembling that of Swatow, is still very different in many respects.
From China and the Chinese by Giles, Herbert Allen
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