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Hongshan

Syllables: Hong·shan

Hongshan proper noun: a district of Wuhan, Hubei, in central China.

Proper noun (1)

Hongshan

  1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, in central China.
    • German-based Metro Cash & Carry, one of the most successful foreign retail groups in China, has one of its 15 mainland stores in the Hongshan district of Wuhan and has plans for another outlet in the city.2002, The China Business Handbook 2002, Hong Kong: Alain Charles Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195
    • In addition to interviews at the provincial level, I conducted interviews with municipal officials in Wuhan, district officials in Hongshan District, and township and village leaders in one township within the district.2006, Tyrene White, China's Longest Campaign: Birth Planning in the People's Republic, 1949-2005, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 17
  2. A subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, in central China.
  3. A town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, in central China.

Proper noun (2)

Hongshan

  1. Hongshan culture
    • Several fragments of reddish-brown clay statuettes of the Hongshan culture, found at Dongshanzui in Kazuo county, Liaoning province and dating to 3500 B.C., all seem to be kneeling or seated figures of about half life-size or smaller.1997, Helmut Brinker, “On the Origin of the Human Image in Chinese Art”, in "Visions of Man in Chinese Art" with Selected Japanese Paintings, Kaikodo, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28
  2. A district of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China.
  3. A town in Yingshan, Huanggang, Hubei, in central China.
  4. A residential community in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Proper noun (3)

Hongshan

  1. A village in Wanquan, Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, in central China.

Examples of Hongshan in a sentence

  • For instance, in the Hongshan district, Zhuodaoquan North Road (卓刀泉北路) is designated as “The Most Beautiful Flowery Street.”2020, Rebecca Clothey, Richardson Dilworth, China's Urban Future and the Quest for Stability, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:
  • Urban residents were surveyed in two central districts including the Hongshan District and Hangjiang^([sic – meaning Jianghan]) District in Wuhan City as well as the Zhangwan District in Shiyan City.2020, Wann-Ming Wey, editor, Sustainable Built Environment and Urban Growth Management, MDPI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 171:
  • Officials are also tracking unspecified products of the same batch as the softshell turtles that have been shipped elsewhere, said the disease control authority in Wuhan's Hongshan district.2022 July 14, Roxanne Liu, Ryan Woo, “In China's Wuhan, cholera-causing bacteria in turtles strikes nerve”, in Christopher Cushing, editor...

Forms of Hongshan

alternative formHung-shan

Origin of Hongshan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洪山 (Hóngshān).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅山 /红山 (Hóngshān).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洪善 (Hóngshàn).

Words formed from Hongshan

Words that rhyme with Hongshan

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Questions about Hongshan

What does Hongshan mean?
Hongshan means a district of Wuhan, Hubei, in central China.
How do you use Hongshan in a sentence?
For instance, in the Hongshan district, Zhuodaoquan North Road (卓刀泉北路) is designated as “The Most Beautiful Flowery Street.”
What part of speech is Hongshan?
Hongshan is a proper noun.

Words near Hongshan in the dictionary

  1. Hongkongness
  2. Hongkou
  3. Hongqi
  4. Hongqiao
  5. hongs
  6. Hongshan
  7. hongshanornithid
  8. hongshanornithids
  9. hongshiite
  10. Hongshui
  11. Hongsibu

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