Feng-shan

A form of Fongshan — A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Fongshan.

    Cimex hemipterus. DDT resistance in this tropical bedbug appeared in 1952 at Feng-Shan, southern Taiwan, in barracks sprayed for two years (95).

    1958, A. W. A. Brown, “The Spread of Insceticide Resistance in Pest Species”, in R. L. Metcalf, editor, Advances in Pest Control Research, volume II, Interscience Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 359
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    The Governor-General and Governor of Fuhkien memorialize on the appointment of a Magistrate for the district of Fêng-shan in Formosa.[…]It is accordingly proposed that his late post at Fêng-shan be filled by the present Magistrate of the Wua-p’ing district, named Têng Kia-shêng, aged 43, a native of Nanking.

    [1875 May 1 [1875 April 3], “Peking Gazettes”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XIV, number 416, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 414, column 1

    In June he filled the vacated post of the Taiwan brigade-general located in the Tainan prefectural center. Accordingly, he moved his headquarters from the district seat of Feng-shan to Tainan-fu.

    1970, Leonard H. D. Gordon, editor, Taiwan : Studies in Chinese Local History, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 38

    On the civilian side, the prefecture was divided into three districts (hsien), one centered at the prefectureal capital at Tainan, one in the south (Feng-shan), and one in the north (Chu-lo).

    1979, Johanna Margarete Menzel Meskill, A Chinese Pioneer Family: The Lins of Wu-feng, Taiwan, 1729-1895, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 29

    Over the next few days the rebels defeated government troops in several skirmishes and forced them to withdraw from Feng-shan and return to Tainan.

    1999, John R. Shepard, “The Island Frontier of the Ch’ing, 1684-1780”, in Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 114

Origin

  1. Mandarin鳳山
  2. EnglishFeng-shan

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 鳳山 (Fêng⁴-shan¹).

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Feng-shan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Feng-shan

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