新金山

Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) gold mine; Jinshan
trad. (新金山) 金山
simp. #(新金山) 金山

Etymology

The name refers to the gold rush around Melbourne and contrasts it with 舊金山旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “Old Gold Mountain”): San Francisco, California, in the United States. (金山 being used loosely for any place of great chances for wealth, in a similar fashion to the English "gold mine".)

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新金山

  1. (dated) Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)
  2. (dated or Taishanese) Australia

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