Fushan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 浮山 (Fúshān).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fo͞oʹshänʹ[1]
  • Rhymes: -æn

Proper noun

Fushan

  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
    • 1990, Gideon S. Golany, Design and Thermal Performance: Below-ground Dwellings in China[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:
      Another example is Fushan County, 40 kilometers east of Linfen City, where cave dwellings predominate. The 120,000 people of the county are involved in the production of iron ore, coal, wine, and silk.
    • 2015, Ha Jin, A Map of Betrayal[3], Thorndike, Maine: Center Point Large Print, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 96:
      From Jiamusi I took a local train to Fushan County, and for two hours I sat among Chinese passengers, some of whom looked like peasants.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Fushan.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Fushan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 652, column 2

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