Hsien-t'ao

English

Map including HSIEN-T'AO (XIANTAO) (DMA, 1985)

Etymology

From Mandarin 仙桃 (Xiāntáo) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsien¹-tʻao².

Proper noun

Hsien-t'ao

1. Alternative form of Xiantao
   • [1974, Ts'ui-jung Liu, “TRADE ON THE HAN RIVER AND ITSIMPACT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT C. 1800-1911”, in Academia Sinica‎^[1], →OCLC, archived from the original on May 31, 2021, page 20:

     They traveled from Lao-ho-k’ou to Hankow and recorded the number of boats they saw within fifteen to thirty minutes after leaving each place except the last part of the journey from Hsien-t’ao-chen 仙桃鎮 to Hankow.]

   • 1979, Li Yü, Twelve Towers‎^[2], 2nd edition, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 121:

     In a few days the boat reached a place named Mart Hsien-tʻao where many bandits' boats were anchored.

Translations

Xiantao — see Xiantao

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Sientaochen or Hsien-tao-chen”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1760, column 2

Anagrams

• Esthonia, Noahites