Fushan

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fo͞oʹshänʹ
• Rhymes: -æn
• Hyphenation: Fu‧shan

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 浮山 (Fúshān).

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.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 浮山 (fau⁴ saan¹)

  Mandarin: 浮山 (zh) (Fúshān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 福山 (Fúshān).

Proper noun

Fushan

1. A district of Yantai, Shandong, China.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 福山 (fuk¹ saan¹)

  Mandarin: 福山 (zh) (Fúshān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fushan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1297, column 3

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