Luoshan

Luo·shan
L1U1O1S1H4A1N1

proper noun

A county of Xinyang, Henan, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Lo-shan · alternative Loshan

  1. A county of Xinyang, Henan, China.

    Our army first beat back the pursuing regiments near Loshan County, crossed the Peking-Hankow railway from Hsinyang and entered Tungpo's mountainous area.

    程子華

    [1978 September 29 [1978 August 1], Cheng Tzu-hua [4453 1311 5478] [程子華], “Take Up Arms in a Struggle for the Party”, in Translations from Red Flag, number 8, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Red Flag, No 8, pp 51-60, translation of original in Chinese, page 83
    2 more examples

    Most of the time, the rural gentry was pulled apart by parochial interests and divided along geographic lines into blocs of regional power. Gentry militia in Luoshan county, for instance, reportedly refused to help the Guangshan gentry when it was under attack by the Communists.

    1994, Odoric Y. K. Wou, “Mobilizing the Sectarians: The Communists and the Red Spears”, in Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 112

    Jin said Jiang’s sister visited him earlier this month and reported that he was in poor health. His skin tone was darker, he appeared gaunt, and his lips were cracked, Jiang’s sister told Jin. He requested that his sister pick him on his release date and bring him to their ancestral home in Henan’s Luoshan county.

    2019 February 28, Yanan Wang, “Chinese rights lawyer disappears on prison release date”, in AP News, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin羅山 /罗山
  2. EnglishLuoshan

From Mandarin 羅山 /罗山 (Luóshān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 羅山 /罗山
  • 羅山 /罗山 (lo⁴ saan¹)county
Chinese Mandarin 羅山 /罗山
  • 羅山 /罗山 (Luóshān)county

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

Luoshan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luoshan

MLA

“Luoshan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luoshan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Luoshan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luoshan.

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