Meishan

Mei·shan
M3E1I1S1H4A1N1

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Mei-shan

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

    SU SHIH (Chinese, 1036-1101), better known as Su Tung-p'o, an almost universal genius and a great favorite with the Chinese literary public, was a native of Meishan, Szechuan Province.

    1946, Joseph T. Shipley, editor, Encyclopedia of Literature, volume 2, Ferris Printing Company, →OCLC, page 1171
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    About ten kilometers east of today’s district town, we find a ridge of hills that forms a natural borderline with neighboring Meishan 眉山 County, once home to the famous Song dynasty poet Su Dongpo 蘇東坡 (1037-1101).

    2005, Volker Olles, Scriptures, Schools, and Forms of Practice in Daoism, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 237

    Police in Meishan City in the southwestern province of Sichuan said the suspects set up hundreds of shell companies and 28 fake industrial chains and lured investors with promises of high returns, it added.

    2018 July 25, Se Young Lee, “Chinese police break up $1.5-billion pyramid scheme, snare 82 suspects”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 May 2022, Emerging Markets

Origin

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 眉山
  • 眉山 (mei⁴ saan¹)prefecture-level city in Sichuan
Chinese Mandarin 眉山
  • 眉山 (Méishān)prefecture-level city in Sichuan

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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