Fongshan
Syllables: Fong·shan/fɔŋˈʃɑn/
Fongshan proper noun: a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Proper noun
Fongshan
- A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- 12 a.m. - Zip across on the train, a five-minute or so ride, to Kaohsiung’s rather rough-and-ready neighbor Fongshan. Grab a quick lunch of delicious fried meat buns at Fongshan Old Shop Fried Buns (corner of Wei-sin Rd and Jhong-shan Rd), and then go to “beating iron street”.2008 June 26, “Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2020
- In January 2005, a 27-year-old woman living in Fongshan City, Kaohsiung County, in southern Taiwan as admitted to Kaohsiung Medicial University Hospital with a 4-day history of intermittent fever (37.8°C-38.0°C), chills, headache, and fatigue.2008, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Hsiu-Ying Lu, Jih-Jin Tsai, Sheng-Kai Yu, Jyh-Hsiung Huang, Pei-Yun Shu, “Human Case of Rickettsia felis Infection, Taiwan”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 14, number...
Examples of Fongshan in a sentence
- After the Communist victory in 1949, the academy was relocated to Fongshan in Taiwan under the name of the Chinese Military Academy (renamed the Military University in 2004).2009, Rossen Vassilev, edited by David Pong, Whampoa Military Academy (Encyclopedia of Modern China), volume 2, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 595:
- Fongshan (鳳山區) is Kaohsiung’s most populous district with over 400,000 residents.2018 March 4, Eryk Michael Smith, “A Landline Poll Will Determine the Future of Kaohsiung”, in The News Lens, archived from the original on...
- She was the fourth person to die as a result of the blaze, which occurred at a four-story building owned by her family in Fongshan District (鳳山).2021 January 17, “Taiwan News Quick Take”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2021:
Forms of Fongshan
| alternative form | Feng-shan |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Fengshan |
Origin of Fongshan
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鳳山 (Fòngshan).
Words that rhyme with Fongshan
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- clan
- ban
- Cheyenne
- Longshan
- Nanshan
- plan
- an
- gan
- Gushan
- han
- Hongshan
- mann
- nan
- stan
- tan
- unman
- Baoshan
- Dongshan
- flan
- Heshan
- Jinshan
- langshan
- marzipan
- panne
- Qishan
- ran
- rattan
- bantustan
- began
- chan
- Fengshan
- Fran
- Guanshan
- Hengshan
- Huangshan
- Huishan
- japan
- Lausanne
- Lianshan
- Lushan
- Marianne
- Pingshan
- scran
- sedan
- shan
- than
- trapan
- trepan
Questions about Fongshan
- What does Fongshan mean?
- Fongshan means a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- How do you use Fongshan in a sentence?
- After the Communist victory in 1949, the academy was relocated to Fongshan in Taiwan under the name of the Chinese Military Academy (renamed the Military University in 2004).
- What part of speech is Fongshan?
- Fongshan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Fongshan?
- Fongshan is pronounced /fɔŋˈʃɑn/.
Words near Fongshan in the dictionary
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