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Shao-shan

Shao-shan is the alternative form of Shaoshan.

Meaning of Shaoshan

Proper noun

Shaoshan

  1. A county-level city of Xiangtan, Hunan, China.
    • Mao Tse-tung, for example, leader of Communist China, was born in Shaoshan, province of Hunan, the son of a well-to-do farmer.1954 April 14, Carolyn Wells, “Internationally Speaking...”, in The Agnes Scott News, volume XXXIX, number 15, Decatur, GA: Agnes Scott College, page 1

Origin of Shao-shan

From Mandarin 韶山 (Sháoshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Shao²-shan¹.

Questions about Shao-shan

What is Shao-shan the alternative form of?
Shao-shan is the alternative form of Shaoshan.

Words near Shao-shan in the dictionary

  1. Shanzhou
  2. Shao
  3. Shao-hsing
  4. Shao-kuan
  5. Shao-lin
  6. Shao-shan
  7. shaobing
  8. Shaodongian
  9. Shaoguan
  10. Shaohing
  11. Shaohsing

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