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Fat Shan

Fat Shan proper noun: synonym of Foshan.

Proper noun

Fat Shan

  1. Synonym of Foshan.
    • It was getting dark when we arrived in Fat Shan, and coolies swarmed onto the boat to carry baggage up to the street level.[...]We would have to spend the night in Fat Shan and wanted a place to put all the baskets of supplies until morning when we would continue our journey.1975, Ruth Hitchcock, The Good Hand of Our God, Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 146
    Synonyms:
    Foshan

Synonyms of Fat Shan

Origin of Fat Shan

From Cantonese 佛山 (fat⁶ saan¹).

Questions about Fat Shan

What does Fat Shan mean?
Fat Shan means synonym of Foshan.
What part of speech is Fat Shan?
Fat Shan is a proper noun.

Words near Fat Shan in the dictionary

  1. fat shamed
  2. fat shamer
  3. fat shamers
  4. fat shames
  5. fat shaming
  6. Fat Shan
  7. fat sleeper
  8. fat sleepers
  9. fat suit
  10. fat suits
  11. fat tail

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