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Steddings and China

Contributed by: Erica Sadun

The Ogier seem to have named their stedding after places in China:

Shangtai

Shanghai, or Taishan (one of the sacred mountains) backwards.

Cantoine

Canton (But "Canton" is not really "Canton" -- it's "Guangzhou".)

Taijing

Beijing, or some combination of any number of places whose names start with Tai (Taishan -- see above -- Taiyuan, etc.) and any number of capitols/ former capitols (Beijing, Nanjing ...) -- (Above two stedding mentioned in TGH: 36, 520, Among the Elders, 439

Tsofu

An unfortunate tasteless high protein food?