Meanings
- A mountain in Deqing, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
She completed a 35km (21.7 miles) race on Mount Mogan, in eastern Zhejiang province on Sunday – the day after the Gansu tragedy – but now plans to stop trail running for the time being.
2021 May 29, Cheryl Heng, “Chinese ultramarathon deaths turn spotlight onto runners’ safety and leave some questioning their future in the sport”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2021, China2 more examples
In August 1982, in response to a Chinese request, the World Bank assembled at Moganshan (Mount Mogan, in Zhejiang province) leading specialists from Eastern Europe and elsewhere who had the theoretical perspective and practical experience to discuss overall problems in the reform of socialist systems.
2011, Ezra F. Vogel, “Accelerating Economic Growth and Opening, 1982–1989”, in Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 459FOLLOWING in the footsteps of foreign missionaries, Chinese gangsters and Chiang Kai-shek, I traveled to the mountain outpost of Moganshan looking for a breather from full-throttle Shanghai.
[2012 April 12, Justin Bergman, “A Lofty Retreat From Sweltering Shanghai”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2012, TravelSynonyms: Mokanshan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA mountain in Deqing, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Origin
Partial calque from Mandarin 莫干山 (Mògān Shān).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 莫干山
- 莫干山 (Mògān Shān)mountain
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Mount Mogan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mount%20Mogan
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