Leshan

Le·shan
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proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Le-shan

  1. A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.

    Actually we would spend the first year or so in the smaller town of Leshan, a hundred miles south of Chengtu, learning the Szechuan dialect and the culture of the local people.

    2001, Richard Webster, Seize the Baton, Pasadena, CA: William Carey Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 15
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    The outbreak, found in Leshan, Sichuan province, on a truck transporting 111 pigs from other provinces, has killed 7 of the herd, according to a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

    2020 March 12, “China finds new African swine fever case in pigs transported to Sichuan province”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, Health

Origin

  1. Mandarin樂山 /乐山
  2. EnglishLeshan

From Mandarin 樂山 /乐山 (Lèshān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 樂山 /乐山
  • 樂山 /乐山 (lok⁶ saan¹)prefecture-level city in China
Chinese Mandarin 樂山 /乐山
  • 樂山 /乐山 (Lèshān)prefecture-level city in China

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Cite this entry
APA

Leshan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leshan

MLA

“Leshan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leshan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Leshan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leshan.

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