Meanings
proper noun
alternative K'un-shan
- A county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
An armed conflict between Hua Kuo-feng’s supporters and elements of the “gang of four” in Kunshan County, Kiangsu Province, ended with about 200 killed in mid-November, according to an intelligence report reaching Taipei Dec. 14.
1976 December 19, “Armed conflict incidents rise”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVII, number 50, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
Origin
- Mandarin崑山 /昆山
- EnglishKunshan
Borrowed from Mandarin 崑山 /昆山 (Kūnshān).
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Chinese Cantonese 崑山 /昆山
- 崑山 /昆山 (kwan¹ saan¹)county-level city in Jiangsu
Chinese Mandarin 崑山 /昆山
- 崑山 /昆山 (Kūnshān)county-level city in Jiangsu
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Kunshan
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APA
Kunshan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kunshan
MLA
“Kunshan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kunshan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kunshan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kunshan.
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