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Shushan

Syllables: Shu·shan/ˈˈʃuːˌʃɑn/

Shushan proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun (1)

Shushan (plural Shushans)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2)

Shushan

  1. A district of Hefei, Anhui, China.
    • The cardiovascular prevention progrm was undertaken in two phases: a pilot phase in the Heyedi community in Shushan district of Hefei City and a wider implementation phase, in which the program was implemented in a further seven communities [62].2018, Xuefeng Zhong, Bert Potemans, Chanuantong Tanasugarn, Edwin B. Fisher, “Extension of Peer Support from Diabetes Management to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Management in Primary Care...
    • In order to ensure judgmental fairness and justice, lawyers required the court to investigate the act of Hefei National security, to look into their responsibilities and to release two parties on the spot.
      On December 12, 2014, Shushan District opened a court session to sentence Yao with one year...2019 April, “Rescue of the Dissident's Daughter Annie”, in WRIC team, transl., The Status of Females in Rural China — WRIC records those true history for 10 years, Women's Rights in China (中国妇权)...

Proper noun (3)

Shushan

  1. Susa, Shush (the ancient capital of Elam, in modern Iran).
    • 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, Let it bee granted to the Iewes which are in Shushan, to doe to morow also, according vnto this dayes decree, and let Hamans ten sonnes be hanged vpon the gallous.
    • 14 And the king commanded it so to be done; and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.
    • 15 For the Iewes that were in Shushan, gathered themselues together on the fourteenth day also of the moneth Adar, and slewe three hundred men at Shushan: but on the pray they laid not their hand.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 9:13–15

Forms of Shushan

pluralShushans

Origin of Shushan

From Mandarin 蜀山 (Shǔshān).

Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוּשָׁן.

Words that rhyme with Shushan

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Questions about Shushan

What does Shushan mean?
Shushan means a surname.
What part of speech is Shushan?
Shushan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Shushan?
Shushan is pronounced /ˈˈʃuːˌʃɑn/.

Words near Shushan in the dictionary

  1. shuruks
  2. Shuruppak
  3. SHUs
  4. shush
  5. Shusha
  6. Shushan
  7. Shushanik
  8. shushed
  9. shushee
  10. shushees
  11. shusher

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