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Wushan

Syllables: Wu·shan

Wushan proper noun: a county of Chongqing, China.

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
    • The "Chengkuang" No 7 is a short-distance passenger-cargo ship built by staff members and workers of the navigation departments of Wushan County, Szechwan. The ship sails in the noted Wuhsia Gorge of the Yangtze River from Wushan County, Szechwan, in the west to Wanliu commune in Patung County...1976 January 26 [1976 January 22], “Szechwan County Navigation”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 17, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA...
  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.

Examples of Wushan in a sentence

  • The "Chengkuang" No 7 is a short-distance passenger-cargo ship built by staff members and workers of the navigation departments of Wushan County, Szechwan.1976 January 26 [1976 January 22], “Szechwan County Navigation”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 17, Foreign...
  • According to Gu and Fang (1991a), two human fossils were unearthed from this site situated in Wushan County in the eastern part of Sichuan Province in central China.1995, Xinzhi Wu, Frank E. Poirier, “Homo erectus”, in Human Evolution in China: A Metric Description of Fossils and a Review of the Sites...

Forms of Wushan

alternative formWu-shan

Origin of Wushan

From Mandarin 巫山 (Wūshān).

From Mandarin 武山 (Wǔshān).

Questions about Wushan

What does Wushan mean?
Wushan means a county of Chongqing, China.
How do you use Wushan in a sentence?
The "Chengkuang" No 7 is a short-distance passenger-cargo ship built by staff members and workers of the navigation departments of Wushan County, Szechwan.
What part of speech is Wushan?
Wushan is a proper noun.

Words near Wushan in the dictionary

  1. wurzels
  2. Wurzer
  3. Wurzers
  4. Wurzes
  5. wus
  6. Wushan
  7. Wushi
  8. wushu
  9. Wusi
  10. Wusih
  11. Wusong

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