Other Names
- Jiāo'ào: (胶澳): former name during Qing Dynasty.
- Qindao: (琴岛, lit. "Stringed Instrument Isle"): additional modern name for the area, refers according to locals to the shape of the coastline.
- Tsingtao: western postal name.
- Tsingtau: German name during the concession period, written in German romanization of Chinese (Lessing-Othmer).
- Jiazhou: a historical name which refers to the Jiazhou Bay.
- Kiachow: a rominaztion of Jiazhou.
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