Shang-hai

Proper noun

Shanghai

1. A major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China.
   • SHANGHAI (the emporium of Nanking) is the first town of any importance on the coast of Kiangnan province.[…]If, however, these difficulties were surmounted, and suitable precautions taken against existing dangers, the embouchure of this river would be one of the most eligible points for the...
   • The city of Shanghai is built on the left bank, some distance from the mouth. It is laid out with sufficient elegance, and numerous temples.1840 September 12, “IX.—From Shanghai to Pekin.”, in The Penny Magazine, number 542, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, →OCLC, page 358, column 2

   Synonyms:

   Paris of the East

2. A major international port including the eastern coast of Shanghai Municipality and the northeastern islands of Zhejiang Province.

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