Shaoguan

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 韶關／韶关 (Sháoguān).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʃaʊˈɡwɑn/

Proper noun

Shaoguan

  1. A prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China.
    • 2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1233311830, page 368:
      The transfers began in the early 2000s, and by the first half of 2009, nearly 100,000 Uyghur workers had been sent east under this programme. Several hundred of them were working from May 2009 in the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan, Guangdong, a facility that made toys for Hasboro, Mattel and other international companies.

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References
  1. Shabad, Theodore (1972), “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, pages 345, 361:
    Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Shiukwan (Shaokwan, Shao-kuan, Shaoguan)
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