Fengxian
Syllables: Feng·xian/fɛŋʃiən/
Fengxian proper noun: a district of Shanghai, China.
Proper noun
Fengxian
- A district of Shanghai, China.
- At Fengsien, 45 kilometres due south of Shanghai, a Japanese force attacked a band of 400 guerillas at 4 a.m. on August 13, putting them to flight.1938 August 24 [1938 August 21], “Japanese Round Up Guerillas^([sic])”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CCVIII, number 3707, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 316, column 4
- He found a Rev. Dr. Arthur Cannon at an address on the Shanghai road near to Fengsien.[1987, Ronald Hardy, “Escape”, in The Wings of the Wind (Fiction), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 34
Forms of Fengxian
| alternative form | Feng-hsien |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Fenghsien |
| alternative form | Fengsien |
Origin of Fengxian
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 奉賢 /奉贤 (Fèngxián, literally “offer to the worthy”), a 1726 modification of the earlier name 齊賢 /齐贤 (Qíxián, literally “equal to the worthy”).
Questions about Fengxian
- What does Fengxian mean?
- Fengxian means a district of Shanghai, China.
- What part of speech is Fengxian?
- Fengxian is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Fengxian?
- Fengxian is pronounced /fɛŋʃiən/.
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