Wushan

Wu·shan
W4U1S1H4A1N1

proper noun

A county of Chongqing, China.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

Wushan1

proper noun

alternative Wu-shan

  1. A county of Chongqing, China.

    On the cliffs opposite Kui Spiræa Thunbergii occurs. It is quite common in the Wushan gorge, but I did not find it nearer Ichang than here.

    1905 June 17, E. H. Wilson, “LEAVES FROM MY CHINESE NOTE-BOOK”, in The Gardeners' Chronicle, number 964, page 384
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    The "Chengkuang" No 7 is a short-distance passenger-cargo ship built by staff members and workers of the navigation departments of Wushan County, Szechwan. The ship sails in the noted Wuhsia Gorge of the Yangtze River from Wushan County, Szechwan, in the west to Wanliu commune in Patung County, Hupeh, in the east--a total distance of 45 kms.

    1976 January 26 [1976 January 22], “Szechwan County Navigation”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 17, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page J 4

    According to Gu and Fang (1991a), two human fossils were unearthed from this site situated in Wushan County in the eastern part of Sichuan Province in central China.

    1995, Xinzhi Wu, Frank E. Poirier, “Homo erectus”, in Human Evolution in China: A Metric Description of Fossils and a Review of the Sites, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 108

    Yan Dabin, a former director of transport for Wushan County near the southwestern city of Chongqing, was sentenced on Friday for taking bribes totaling 22.3 million yuan ($3.3 million) from road building companies, Xinhua said.

    2008 August 2, Andrew Torchia, “Corrupt China official betrayed by leaky toilet”, in Andrew Roche, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2022, Technology, Media and Telecommunications
  2. A town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China.

Wushan2

proper noun

alternative Wu-shan

Origin

Wushan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin巫山
  2. EnglishWushan

From Mandarin 巫山 (Wūshān).

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Wushan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin武山
  2. EnglishWushan

From Mandarin 武山 (Wǔshān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 巫山, 武山
  • 巫山 (mou⁴ saan¹)county in western China; town in western China; village in western China
  • 武山county
Chinese Mandarin 巫山, 武山
  • 巫山 (Wūshān)county in western China; town in western China; village in western China
  • 武山 (Wǔshān)county
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