Fengdu
Syllables: Feng·du
Fengdu proper noun: a county of Chongqing, China.
Proper noun
Fengdu
- A county of Chongqing, China.
- The Library of Congress has the largest collection of Chinese local histories outside China, with more than 4,000 titles in all. They are rich in historical data on local institutions, customs, geography, and plants and animals of the area. Shown here is a typical volume from the local history of...[1980, Charles A. Goodrum, “Orientalia”, in Treasures of the Library of Congress, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198
- My great aunt was the first to starve in the village; my cousin rushed home from the mining school where he was a student to carry out his duties as eldest son. On his way there, he passed through Fengdu County, and saw the famine's great toll on the populace.1998 [1997], Hong Ying, translated by Howard Goldblatt, Daughter of the River, New York: Grove Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166
Forms of Fengdu
| alternative form | Feng-tu |
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| alternative form | Fengtu |
Origin of Fengdu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 豐都 /丰都 (Fēngdū).
Questions about Fengdu
- What does Fengdu mean?
- Fengdu means a county of Chongqing, China.
- What part of speech is Fengdu?
- Fengdu is a proper noun.
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