Shapotou

Syllables: Sha·po·tou

Shapotou proper noun: a district of Zhongwei, Ningxia autonomous region, China.

Proper noun

Shapotou

A district of Zhongwei, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
- Next morning we drive to Shapotou on the edge of the Tengger Desert. Behind us churns the Yellow River, looking viscous with its load of ocher silt.1980 March, Rick Gore, “Journey to China's Far West”, in National Geographic Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 310, column 1
- At Zhongwei we disembarked to visit a place named Shapotou, which means "at the head of a sandy slope." The name describes the location, the edge of the Tengger, a shamo where dunes creep along the foothills of the Xiangshan, an east-west mountain range.1982, The Desert Realm, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 223

Shapotou District is located on the southeast periphery of the Tengger Desert, bordering the Yellow River, with annual precipitation averaging 180 mm.1995, Land Degradation and Desertification in Asia and the Pacific Region, →OCLC, page 279:
Shapotou, whose name was derived from high sand dunes, is located on the southern edge of the Tengger Desert.2018 June 22, “Shapotou Curbs Desertification by Making Straw Checkerboard Sand Barriers”, in Chen Na, editor, Chinese Academy of Sciences...

From Mandarin 沙坡頭／沙坡头 (Shāpōtóu).

What does Shapotou mean?: Shapotou means a district of Zhongwei, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
How do you use Shapotou in a sentence?: Shapotou District is located on the southeast periphery of the Tengger Desert, bordering the Yellow River, with annual precipitation averaging 180 mm.
What part of speech is Shapotou?: Shapotou is a proper noun.

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