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Fen River

Fen River proper noun: a river in central Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Fen River

  1. A river in central Shanxi, China.
    • The cities west of the Fen River, where Taning is situated, were visited by him in 1869, but it is hardly possible that the copy of the Gospel which ultimately fell into the hands of Chang the Buddhist priest was one of those sold on that occasion, for the stamp upon the cover with the address at...1921, Marshall Broomhall, In Quest of God: the Life Story of Pastors Chang & Ch'ü, Buddhist Priest & Chinese Scholar, Religious Tract Society, →OCLC, →OL, page 23
    • This painting, which is the large central one in the Chinese Fresco Gallery on the ground floor of the Museum, is 38 feet, 2 inches long, and 18 feet, 11 inches high. It is known to have come from the Hsing Hua Ssŭ, "Monastery of Joyful Conversion", which is about ten miles south east of Chi-shan...1950 August [1937 July], W. C. White, H. E. Fernald, “Chinese Frescoes from the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto”, in Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Revised edition, number 12...

Examples of Fen River in a sentence

  • The monastery is located in the Chi Mountains, a range which forms part of the southern watershed of the Fen River, on which the town of Chi-shan is situated.1950 August [1937 July], W. C. White, H. E. Fernald, “Chinese Frescoes from the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto”, in Bulletin of the Royal...
  • A prehistoric site of late Pleistocene age, which was especially prepared for our visit, was seen at Ting-ts'un, above the Fen River (Shansi).1977, F. Clark Howell, “Introduction”, in Paleoanthropology in the People's Republic of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3:
  • About three hours in, the land leveled off and the horizon gave way to a jumbled skyline, broken by the Fen River.2008 August 10, Aric Chen, “Bridging Generations on China’s High Plateau”, in The New York Times (Travel section), New York, N.Y.: The New...

Origin of Fen River

Partial calque of Mandarin 汾河 (Fén Hé).

Questions about Fen River

What does Fen River mean?
Fen River means a river in central Shanxi, China.
How do you use Fen River in a sentence?
The monastery is located in the Chi Mountains, a range which forms part of the southern watershed of the Fen River, on which the town of Chi-shan is situated.
What part of speech is Fen River?
Fen River is a proper noun.

Words near Fen River in the dictionary

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  3. fen nettles
  4. fen nightingale
  5. fen nightingales
  6. Fen River
  7. fen-phen
  8. fen/phen
  9. fenadiazole
  10. Fenady
  11. Fenagh

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