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Wu-shan

Wu-shan is the alternative form of Wushan.

Meaning of Wushan

Proper noun (1)

Wushan

  1. A county of Chongqing, China.
    • On the cliffs opposite Kui Spiræa Thunbergii occurs. It is quite common in the Wushan gorge, but I did not find it nearer Ichang than here.1905 June 17, E. H. Wilson, “LEAVES FROM MY CHINESE NOTE-BOOK”, in The Gardeners' Chronicle, number 964, page 384
  2. A town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China.
  3. A village in Wushan, Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China.

Proper noun (2)

Wushan

  1. A county of Tianshui, Gansu, China.

Origin of Wu-shan

From Mandarin 巫山 (Wūshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Wu¹-shan¹.

Questions about Wu-shan

What is Wu-shan the alternative form of?
Wu-shan is the alternative form of Wushan.

Words near Wu-shan in the dictionary

  1. Wu-hsüeh
  2. Wu-hu
  3. Wu-kung
  4. Wu-lu-mu-ch'i
  5. Wu-ma
  6. Wu-shan
  7. Wu-shih
  8. Wu-su-li
  9. Wu-Tanger
  10. Wu-Tangers
  11. wu-ts'ai

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Wu-shan (page history and authors); Wushan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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