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Fangshan

Syllables: Fang·shan

Fangshan proper noun: a county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.

Proper noun (1)

Fangshan

  1. A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
    • GEDONG, China -- There was no sign, but Gedong's teenagers knew the way. Down a dusty alley just off Jicui Park and a few minutes' walk from local schools, the curtained door beckoned. Inside, in a dingy back room off the kitchen, a clutch of adolescent boys crowded around six computers and stared...2007 February 9, Edward Cody, “Despite a Ban, Chinese Youth Navigate to Internet Cafes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Proper noun (2)

Fangshan

  1. A rural township in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan.
    • The military exercise, code named “Lien Hsing”, was held at Pingtung County's Fangshan township, involving all three branches of the ROC Armed Forces.2000, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific, numbers 3739-3751, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8
    • Born in 1956 in Taipei City, Tsai Ing-wen traces her family roots to Fangshan Township of Pingtung County in southern Taiwan.2017, “President Tsai”, in Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan), archived from the original on 13 Jun 2017

Proper noun (3)

Fangshan

  1. A district of Beijing, China.
    • The hsien consist of Ch'ang-p'ing with the Ming tombs north of the city, Fang-shan where the remains of Peking Man were found southwest of the city, Ta-hsing, T'ung and Shun-yi.[1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 533, column 2
    • But Mr. Li, 39, a salesman, was skeptical when he set foot in the new public toilet at the corner of Fuqian Square in Fangshan, a district in southwest Beijing.
      “What was wrong with the old one?” he said. “The government has too much money and doesn’t know how to spend it.”2015 December 16, Javier C. Hernández, “Wi-Fi, A.T.M.s and Turbo-Flush Toilets Highlight China’s New Public Restrooms”, in The New York Times (Sinosphere section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...

Origin of Fangshan

From Mandarin 方山.

From Mandarin 枋山 (Fāngshān).

From Mandarin 房山 (Fángshān).

Words that rhyme with Fangshan

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Questions about Fangshan

What does Fangshan mean?
Fangshan means a county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
What part of speech is Fangshan?
Fangshan is a proper noun.

Words near Fangshan in the dictionary

  1. fango
  2. fangot
  3. fangots
  4. fangs
  5. fangs it
  6. Fangshan
  7. fangshi
  8. fangsmith
  9. fangsmiths
  10. fangsome
  11. fangtastic

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