Foping

Fo·ping
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proper noun

A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

    In Shaanxi Province there is one special nature reserve for them at Foping County, southwest of Xi'an and not far from the Qinling Ibis Colony.

    1984, Simon Holledge, Xi'an, South China Printing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 32
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    In (Changchiaho) brigade in Foping County, over 140,000 catties of grain have been stored up so far. Granaries have been built in every brigade in the commune.

    1969 December 3 [1969 December 2], “Shensi Grain Reserves”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 233, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Northwest Region, page H 4

    A giant panda has been filmed for the first time in the wild breastfeeding a cub, according to state television. The behaviour was filmed by a local TV crew in Foping county in Shaanxi province, CCTV said.

    2017 April 5, Stephen Chen, “Panda filmed for first time breastfeeding cub in wild, says China state TV”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2017, China

    Nine wild boar samples submitted by the provincial forestry bureau were examined and three from Foping county, in the south of Shaanxi, tested positive for the disease, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement.

    2019 December 11, Tom Daly, “China finds African swine fever in wild boar in Shaanxi”, in Susan Fenton, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2019, Health News

Origin

  1. Mandarin佛坪
  2. EnglishFoping

From Mandarin 佛坪 (Fópíng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 佛坪
  • 佛坪county
Chinese Mandarin 佛坪
  • 佛坪 (Fópíng)county
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