Swatow


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Swa·tow

 (swä′tou′)
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Swatow

(ˈswɒˈtaʊ)
n
(Placename) a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Shantou
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Shan•tou

(ˈʃɑnˈtoʊ)

also Swatow



n.
a seaport in E Guangdong province, in SE China. 722,805.
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As a retaliation for the supposed attacks on August 2 and 4, 1964, by North Vietnamese Swatow patrol boats against the USS Maddox and C.
Born in Swatow, China, Professor Lam grew up in Hong Kong and began his post-secondary studies in Canada at the age of 16.
Swatow Typhoon spat the dummy in some style last time, while Safran De Cotte has shown nothing for a year and Ballypatrick was pulled up the only other time he's tried a marathon trip.
BETFRED EIDER - sponsors bet: 6-1 Sun Cloud, 7-1 Relax, 8-1 Royale Knight, Smoking Aces, 9-1 Tutchec, 10-1 Financial Climate, Our Island, Presented, 12-1 Samstown, Seven Woods, Swatow Typhoon, 16-1 Saffran De Cotte, Wood Yer, 20-1 Ballypatrick, Chavoy, Junior, Master Overseer, Tarquinius, The Friary, Wyck Hill, 25-1 Mister Philson, War On, 33-1 Mortimers Cross, Rapidolyte De Ladalka, 50 Boris The Blade.
TOMORROW'S TIPS SEDGEFIELD: 1.10 Great Choice, 1.40 Swatow Typhoon, 2.10 Sam Lord, 2.45 TAHITI PEARL (NAP), 3.20 Willie Hall, 3.50 Pistol Basc, 4.20 Con Forza.
NAOMI MATTHEW: 1.10 Great Choice, 1.40 Swatow Typhoon, 2.10 Sam Lord, 2.45 Tahiti Pearl (nap), 3.20 Willie Hall (nb), 3.50 Pistol Basc, 4.20 Con Forza.
Second Grandmother came from the Swatow boat people of northeast Guangdong Province.
NEWCASTLE: 12.10 Greensalt, 12.40 Swatow Typhoon, 1.10 Cloudy Deal, 1.40 Galway Jack, 2.15 Hi Candy, 2.45 Cloverhill Lad, 3.20 Gone Forever.
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