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Fatshan

Fatshan proper noun: synonym of Foshan: the Cantonese-derived name.

Proper noun

Fatshan

  1. Synonym of Foshan: the Cantonese-derived name.
    • The places where I myself saw the Proclamations exhibited are as follows:- Fatshan, Sam-shui, Ching-yüan, Po Miao, Ying-tê, Shao-kow, Shao-chou Fu.1877, C. T. Gardner, Mr. Gardner to Consul Sir B. Robertson (Correspondence Respecting the Attack on the Indian Expedition to Western China and the Murder of Mr. Margary), page 105
    • It is an uncommonly handsome and rather small restaurant on two levels with a priceless Coromandel screen painted in the 17th century by Fong Long Kan of Fatshan. It is reported to be one of a pair. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has one on display.1970 April 7, Craig Claiborne, “Hong Kong Hotel of Splendor Where the Dining Is Fine Art”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2023, page 72
    Synonyms:
    Foshan

Examples of Fatshan in a sentence

  • I myself was to be stationed at a boys' Middle School at Fatshan, some ten miles west of Canton where we had a large compound with a hospital as well as the boys' and girls' schools.1988, Bill Ream, Too Hot for Comfort: War Years in China 1938-50, Epworth Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5:
  • At Fatshan Creek his boat was up with the leaders at the destruction of the Chinese flotilla.2008, Andrew Lambert, “John Fisher”, in Admirals: The Naval Commanders who Made Britain Great, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 292:

Synonyms of Fatshan

Origin of Fatshan

From Cantonese 佛山 (fat⁶ saan¹).

Questions about Fatshan

What does Fatshan mean?
Fatshan means synonym of Foshan: the Cantonese-derived name.
How do you use Fatshan in a sentence?
I myself was to be stationed at a boys' Middle School at Fatshan, some ten miles west of Canton where we had a large compound with a hospital as well as the boys' and girls' schools.
What part of speech is Fatshan?
Fatshan is a proper noun.

Words near Fatshan in the dictionary

  1. fats up
  2. fatshame
  3. fatshamed
  4. fatshames
  5. fatshaming
  6. Fatshan
  7. fatshedera
  8. fatshederas
  9. fatshion
  10. fatshionista
  11. fatshionistas

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