Sansha
/sɑnˈʃɑː/
Sansha proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Hainan, China (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by Brunei, China (PRC), Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam).
Proper noun (1)
Sansha
- A prefecture-level city of Hainan, China (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by Brunei, China (PRC), Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam).
- In 2007 Beijing established the new Sansha municipality in Hainan Province, which has jurisdiction over three islets that Vietnam claims in the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos. This led to large-scale protest demonstrations outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi.2009, Martin Jacques, When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 294
- As recently as June 2012, Vietnam passed a maritime law reasserting its sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands and delimiting its maritime claims for both.²²⁰ On the same day, in response to this challenge to its claimed sovereignty, China upgraded the status of Sansha City. Vietnam and...2014 June, Clarence J. Bouchat, The Paracel Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches in the South China Sea, Carlisle, PA: United States Army War College Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42
Proper noun (2)
Sansha
- A town in Xiapu, Ningde, Fujian, China
- Sansha Bay, 62 miles north of Foochow, is one of the good harbors on the China coast. It has deep water and is surrounded on all sides by steep precipices.1945 May, Notes on the China Coast, volume XIV, number 5, →OCLC, page 22
- Shelter port on Fukien coast The Sansha [phonetic] storm shelter port in Hsiapu County, Fukien, was completed in September after several years' work.1963, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East Weekly Supplement, number 3, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →OCLC, page 30
- Synonyms:
- Samsa
Synonyms of Sansha
Origin of Sansha
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 三沙 (Sānshā, literally “three sands”), from the three areas of Nansha (南沙 (Nánshā, literally “south sands”)), Xisha (西沙 (Xīshā, literally “west sands”)) and Zhongsha (中沙 (Zhōngshā, literally “central sands”)).
From Mandarin 三沙 (Sānshā) Wade–Giles romanization: San¹-sha¹, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.
Words that rhyme with Sansha
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Moskva
- Nansha
- rah
- shikar
- ah
- aha
- alhamdulillah
- Amapá
- Benoit
- Bogotá
- fa
- galah
- goombah
- huzzah
- inshallah
- Jah
- la
- lah-di-dah
- ma
- moire
- mudra
- ménage à trois
- na
- omertà
- ooh la la
- pa
- schwa
- shah
- Shangri-La
- sis boom bah
- ta
- wah
- Xisha
- 'za
- allah
- ar
- arthra
- Aymara
- baa
- bah
- Bogota
- boyar
- bra
- cha
- cha cha cha
- chamar
- che sara sara
- chicken paw
Questions about Sansha
- What does Sansha mean?
- Sansha means a prefecture-level city of Hainan, China (claimed areas encompass areas administered or claimed by Brunei, China (PRC), Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan (ROC), and Vietnam).
- What part of speech is Sansha?
- Sansha is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sansha?
- Sansha is pronounced /sɑnˈʃɑː/.
Words near Sansha in the dictionary
Source and license
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