Etymology

Fusang

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Today it means: a legendary country in old Chinese books, assumed to be Japan; in old European maps of North America may sometimes be found north of California Full definition →

Chinese 扶桑
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  1. Chinese · borrowed from扶桑
  2. English todayFusang

Borrowed from Chinese 扶桑 (fúsāng).

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