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Lishi

Syllables: Li·shi/ˈli(ˈ)ʃi/

Lishi proper noun: a district of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Lishi

  1. A district of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
    • Geomorphologic Features
      The Lüliang region is located in the western Shanxi Province. Geologist Professor Liu Dongsheng first identified the section drawing of the Lishi Loess in Wangjiagou, Lishi District, LüliangCity.2016, Fang Wang, “Geo-Architecture Blending into Nature”, in Geo-Architecture and Landscape in China’s Geographic and Historic Context, volume 3, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 133
    • Wu said she was determined to fight the decision. On September 6 she mailed documents for a lawsuit of the public security authorities in both Jiaocheng county and Luliang city to a local court in the Lishi district of Luliang.2017 September 13, Xinqi Su, Viola Zhou, “One of China’s ‘feminist five’ gender equality activists banned from leaving country for decade”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on...

Forms of Lishi

alternative formLi-shih

Origin of Lishi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 離石 /离石 (Líshí).

Questions about Lishi

What does Lishi mean?
Lishi means a district of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
What part of speech is Lishi?
Lishi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lishi?
Lishi is pronounced /ˈli(ˈ)ʃi/.

Words near Lishi in the dictionary

  1. lishenets
  2. lishentsi
  3. lishentsy
  4. lishes
  5. lishey
  6. Lishi
  7. lishizhenite
  8. lishmah
  9. Lishu
  10. Lishui
  11. lisi

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