Meanings
- Synonym of Foshan.
It was getting dark when we arrived in Fat Shan, and coolies swarmed onto the boat to carry baggage up to the street level.[...]We would have to spend the night in Fat Shan and wanted a place to put all the baskets of supplies until morning when we would continue our journey.
1975, Ruth Hitchcock, The Good Hand of Our God, Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 146Synonyms: Foshan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Foshan.
Origin
- Cantonese佛山
- EnglishFat Shan
From Cantonese 佛山 (fat⁶ saan¹).
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Fat Shan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fat%20Shan
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