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Tongshan

Syllables: Tong·shan

Tongshan proper noun: a county of Xianning, Hubei, China.

Proper noun (1)

Tongshan

  1. A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
    • Vuchang commands over ten Cities, as Vuhang, Vuchang, Kiayu, Puki, Hienning, Cungyang, Tungching, Hingque, Taye, Tungxan.[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of...
    • Self-reliance implies the ability to improvise out of one’s own resources, rather than rely on planned co-ordination and state investment grants. This can be illustrated by two examples, taken from many similar ones singled out for praise in official Chinese news releases in recent years.
      The first...[1972 October, Audrey Donnithorne, “China's Cellular Economy: Some Economic Trends Since The Cultural Revolution”, in China Quarterly, volume 52, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 607; republished as Joseph...

Proper noun (2)

Tongshan

  1. Synonym of Xuzhou (Jiangsu)
    Synonyms:
    Xuzhou

Synonyms of Tongshan

Forms of Tongshan

alternative formTungshan
alternative formT'ung-shan

Origin of Tongshan

From Mandarin 通山 (Tōngshān).

Questions about Tongshan

What does Tongshan mean?
Tongshan means a county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Tongshan?
Tongshan is a proper noun.

Words near Tongshan in the dictionary

  1. Tongod
  2. Tongonan
  3. Tongren
  4. Tongrian
  5. tongs
  6. Tongshan
  7. tongsman
  8. tongsmen
  9. tongster
  10. tongsters
  11. tonguage

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