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Hung-shan

Hung-shan is the alternative form of Hongshan.

Meaning of Hongshan

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
  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.

See all 8 meanings of Hongshan

Origin of Hung-shan

From Mandarin 紅山 /红山 (Hóngshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Hung²-shan¹.

Questions about Hung-shan

What is Hung-shan the alternative form of?
Hung-shan is the alternative form of Hongshan.

Words near Hung-shan in the dictionary

  1. hung, drawn and quartered
  2. hung, drew and quartered
  3. Hung-an
  4. Hung-hu
  5. hung-over
  6. Hung-shan
  7. hung-wei-ping
  8. Hung.
  9. Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai
  10. Hungan
  11. Hungana

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hung-shan (page history and authors); Hongshan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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