Bishan
Syllables: Bi·shan/ˈbiːʃɑːn/
Bishan proper noun: a planning area and residential town in Singapore.
Proper noun (1)
Bishan
- A planning area and residential town in Singapore.
Proper noun (2)
Bishan
- A district of Chongqing, China.
- These considerations led recently to a decision to remove the Institute to Pishan county in Szechwan, where, as the Institute of Rural Research and Training, it plans to collaborate closely with the Mass Education Movement, and resume cooperation on a university basis with its member institutions.[1940, “Report of Work in China”, in The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report 1939, New York, page 363
- When by 1958 it was announced that Pishan County in Szechwan had 113 local mimeographed papers, this trend was praised in Peking: "If the articles are about local persons and local happenings, the masses like to read them."[1979, Lynn T. White III, “Local Newspapers and Community Change, 1949-1969”, in Godwin C. Chu, Francis L. K. Hsu, editors, Moving a Mountain: Cultural Change in China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102
Bishan meaning in Marathi
Bishan in Marathi
- district
- पिशान piśān
Examples of Bishan in a sentence
- The virus was detected on a farm with 23 pigs in Chongqing’s Bishan district, infecting eight animals and killing three, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement.2018 December 18, Tom Daly, “China agriculture ministry confirms new African swine fever outbreak in Chongqing”, in David Evans, editor...
- In continuation of such statements, China became the first country in the world to establish a state-funded SBSP base plant in Chongqing's Bishan district in 2019.2020, Namrata Goswami, Peter A. Garretson, Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space...
Forms of Bishan
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Origin of Bishan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 碧山 (Bìshān).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 璧山 (Bìshān).
Words that rhyme with Bishan
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- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- mann
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- Qishan
- ran
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- scran
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
Questions about Bishan
- What does Bishan mean?
- Bishan means a planning area and residential town in Singapore.
- What is Bishan in Marathi?
- Bishan in Marathi is पिशान (piśān). See Bishan meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use Bishan in a sentence?
- The virus was detected on a farm with 23 pigs in Chongqing’s Bishan district, infecting eight animals and killing three, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement.
- What part of speech is Bishan?
- Bishan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Bishan?
- Bishan is pronounced /ˈbiːʃɑːn/.
Words near Bishan in the dictionary
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