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Shaoshan

Syllables: Shao·shan

Shaoshan proper noun: a county-level city of Xiangtan, Hunan, China.

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
    • During the days honouring Chairman Mao's memory on the first anniversary of his passing away, people of Shaoshan, his home village, recalled his revolutionary activities in leading them in the peasant movement and his concern about their struggle and livelihood.
    • Shaoshan people talked about how Chairman Mao set up the first Communist Party branch in Shaoshan, kindling the sparks of revolution.1977 September 19 [1977 September 17], “Mao's Home Village Recalls His Revolutionary Activities”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 181, Foreign Broadcast Information...

Examples of Shaoshan in a sentence

  • Trade in Mao memorabilia is big business in the Chinese city of Shaoshan, birthplace of the Great Helmsman.2010 June 25, “A Mao Trinket Must Look Like Mao, Not Elvis”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jun...
  • Prosperity has certainly come to Shaoshan, located in the south-central Hunan province.2013 December 27, “120th anniversary sees tourists flood birthplace of father of modern China”, in France 24, archived from the original on...

Forms of Shaoshan

alternative formShao-shan

Origin of Shaoshan

From Mandarin 韶山 (Sháoshān).

Questions about Shaoshan

What does Shaoshan mean?
Shaoshan means a county-level city of Xiangtan, Hunan, China.
How do you use Shaoshan in a sentence?
Trade in Mao memorabilia is big business in the Chinese city of Shaoshan, birthplace of the Great Helmsman.
What part of speech is Shaoshan?
Shaoshan is a proper noun.

Words near Shaoshan in the dictionary

  1. Shaokuan
  2. Shaolin
  3. Shaoling
  4. shaomai
  5. Shaos
  6. Shaoshan
  7. Shaotran
  8. shaowei
  9. Shaoxing
  10. Shaoxing wine
  11. Shaoxing wines

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