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Shandong Peninsula en · PROPN

Etymology

Partial calque from Mandarin 山東半島／山东半岛 (Shāndōng Bàndǎo).

Meanings

1. A peninsula in Shandong, in eastern China, between the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south.
   • Bohai Sea is on the northeastern coast of China, bounded by Liaodong and Shandong Peninsulas, so pollution there is slow to wash out to the ocean, exacerbating damage to local marine life. 2009 June 22, “Oil slicks poisoning China's Bohai Sea - official”, in Emma Graham-Harrison, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 May 2022, Oil Report:
   • As a satellite city of Qingdao, Jimo boasts the Laoshan Mountain in the south and the Yellow Sea to the east. It is at the center of the manufacturing base and city cluster of Shandong Peninsula, and one of the majors cities within the 30-minute economic rim of Greater Qingdao. 2007, Susan (梁红) Liang, William Zou, “Scenic Spots in Suburban Cities”, in Qingdao: Travel Guide, Qingdao: Qingdao Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 71:
   • In a statement, it said the man, whom it did not identify, had been detained Sunday on suspicion of entering South Korea illegally by sea from China. He had set off from the Shandong Peninsula with a helmet, a life jacket, a telescope and a compass, according to the Coast Guard. 2023 August 24, John Yoon, “Escape China by Jet Ski? A Dissident Is Said to Have Planned It for Years”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2023, Asia Pacific:

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Translations (6)

fi Shandongin niemimaa (peninsula in Shandong province) · cmn 山東半島 /山东半岛 (peninsula in Shandong province) · pl Szantung (peninsula in Shandong province) · pt Península de Xantungue (peninsula in Shandong province) · pt Península de Xantum (peninsula in Shandong province) · ko 산둥반도 (peninsula in Shandong province)