Jhongshan

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A form of Zhongshan — A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, in southern China.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zhongshan (in Keelung).

    Children play at a park in Keelung’s Jhongshan District yesterday.

    2022 October 29, Yuan-ting Yang, William Hetherington, “Mask mandate to be lifted in phases: CECC”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2022, Taiwan News, page 2
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    Separately yesterday, Keelung City Council Speaker Sung Wei-li (宋瑋莉) said she has resigned as director of the KMT’s Keelung chapter and vowed to support KMT Immigrant Affairs Committee chairman Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功), who was nominated by the KMT on Feb. 7 as its Keelung mayoral candidate after beating Sung in the primary. Sung said she would instead run for city councilor in Keelung’s Jhongshan District (中山).

    2018 February 23, Shih Hsiao-kuang, Lu Hsien-hsiu, “KMT urges Taipei mayoral aspirants to replicate Ma’s feat”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2018, Taiwan News, page 3

    Keelung would also promote visits to Fairy Cave (仙洞巖) — a natural sea cave in the city’s Jhongshan District (中山) — the Cave of Buddha’s Hand (佛手洞), the scenic Waimushan (外木山) coastal area and Cingren Lake (情人湖), among other sites, she added.

    2021 March 8, Lin Hsin-han, William Hetherington, “Keelung Islet to be opened to tourism next week amid high domestic demand”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2021, Taiwan News, page 3

    As part of an effort to improve the northeastern section of the nation’s power grid, state-owned Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal off Keelung’s Jhongshan District (中山) to convert the oil-fired Hsieh-ho Power Plant into a gas-fired facility.

    拱祥生

    2023 February 22, Johnson Kung [拱祥生], “A better approach to LNG projects”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2023, Editorials, page 8

Origin

  1. Mandarin中山
  2. EnglishJhongshan

From Mandarin 中山 (Zhōngshān) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhongshan.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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