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Pishan

Syllables: Pi·shan

Pishan proper noun: a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Also the alternative form of Bishan.

pishan: a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China
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Proper noun

Pishan

  1. A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • In September 1970, (A-pu-la-chi-i-min), leader of a militia company of the No 12 production brigade of (Yehchin) commune in Pishan County, Sinkiang, sacrificed his life for the safety of eight militiamen during military training.1971 April 28 [1971 April 17], “Sinkiang Militia Hero”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 82, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Urumchi Sinkiang Regional...
    • In Pishan county, located between the Taklamakan desert to the north and the gobi to the south, in eight years the people have built 229 kilometers of irrigation canals in order to utilize the melting snow of the Kunlun Mountains for irrigation.1972 December 13, “Basins of China”, in East/West [東西報], volume 6, number 49, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 3
    Synonyms:
    Guma

Also used as

Pishan is also the alternative form of Bishan.

Synonyms of Pishan

Forms of Pishan

alternative formP'i-shan

Origin of Pishan

From the Mandarin 皮山 (Píshān).

Words that rhyme with Pishan

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Pishan

What does Pishan mean?
Pishan means a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Pishan?
Pishan is a proper noun.

Words near Pishan in the dictionary

  1. pishache
  2. pishaches
  3. pishachi
  4. pishachis
  5. pishamin
  6. Pishan
  7. pishashi
  8. pishashis
  9. Pishatao
  10. Pishatau
  11. pishaug

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