Xiushan

Xiu·shan
X8I1U1S1H4A1N1

proper noun

A Tujia and Miao autonomous county in Chongqing, China.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hsiushan

  1. A Tujia and Miao autonomous county in Chongqing, China.

    An explosion hit an unlicensed fireworks factory early on Sunday morning in remote Xiushan county, in southwestern Chongqing, destroyed three nearby houses and left one person missing, the Beijing News said.

    2007 October 23, “Blast at fireworks workshops kills 18 in China”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023, Latest Crisis
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    Ge and others (1979, p. 169) named the Rongxi Formation for red beds lying above the Majiaochong Formation and below the Xiushan Formation. The type locality is about 6 km south of Rongxi, Xiushan County, SE Sichuan.

    1986, Mu En-zhi, A. J. Boucot, Chen Xu, Rong Jia-yu, Correlation of the Silurian Rocks of China, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59

Origin

  1. Mandarin秀山
  2. EnglishXiushan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秀山 (Xiùshān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 秀山
  • 秀山 (sau³ saan¹)Tujia and Miao autonomous county
Chinese Mandarin 秀山
  • 秀山 (Xiùshān)Tujia and Miao autonomous county
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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