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Xiushan

Syllables: Xiu·shan

Xiushan proper noun: a Tujia and Miao autonomous county in Chongqing, China.

Proper noun

Xiushan

  1. A Tujia and Miao autonomous county in Chongqing, China.
    • Ge and others (1979, p. 169) named the Rongxi Formation for red beds lying above the Majiaochong Formation and below the Xiushan Formation. The type locality is about 6 km south of Rongxi, Xiushan County, SE Sichuan.1986, Mu En-zhi, A. J. Boucot, Chen Xu, Rong Jia-yu, Correlation of the Silurian Rocks of China, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59
    • An explosion hit an unlicensed fireworks factory early on Sunday morning in remote Xiushan county, in southwestern Chongqing, destroyed three nearby houses and left one person missing, the Beijing News said.2007 October 23, “Blast at fireworks workshops kills 18 in China”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023, Latest Crisis

Forms of Xiushan

alternative formHsiushan

Origin of Xiushan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秀山 (Xiùshān).

Questions about Xiushan

What does Xiushan mean?
Xiushan means a Tujia and Miao autonomous county in Chongqing, China.
What part of speech is Xiushan?
Xiushan is a proper noun.

Words near Xiushan in the dictionary

  1. Xitswa
  2. xitted
  3. Xitter
  4. xitting
  5. xiucai
  6. Xiushan
  7. Xiushanian
  8. Xiushui
  9. Xiuwen
  10. Xiuwu
  11. Xiuying

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