Langshan

See also: Lángshān

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 狼山 (Lángshān).

Pronunciation

• enPR: läng′shän′
• Rhymes: -æn
• Hyphenation: Lang‧shan

Noun

Langshan (plural Langshans)

1. A chicken of any of various breeds supposed to have originated from Langshan in China.
2. A mountain range in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
3. A hill in Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
   • 2003, Qin Shao, “The Model in Space and Time”, in Culturing Modernity: The Nantong Model, 1890-1930‎^[1], Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 71:

     The growth of Langshan was a different story. The Buddhist monastery Guangjiao (Broad Teaching) for which Langshan was noted can be traced back to the Tang dynasty, when the hill it now stands on was still an island in the Yangzi, and a ferry was used for pilgrimages. Langshan subsequently became one of the earliest small towns in Nantong, for the thousands of visitors who were attracted by the monastery and the vistas of the river demanded restaurants, inns, snack shops, joss stick and candle shops, and other services.

Further reading

• “Langshan”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “Langshan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Langshan”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.