| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Qingdao |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Qing·dao |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ch ng dou |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Tsing·tao (tsngtou) |
| A city of eastern China on the Yellow Sea north-northwest of Shanghai. It is a leading industrial and tourist center. The city was leased in 1898 to the Germans, who established a famed brewery. Population: 2,060,000.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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