Fuxin
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 阜新 (Fùxīn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu.ʃɪn/
Proper noun
Fuxin
- A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China.
- [1955, George B. Cressey, “Resources for Tomorrow”, in Land of the 500 Million: A Geography of China, McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 135:
- Jehol has a one-million-ton mine at Peipiao and a new open-cut mine at Fuhsin with a five-million-ton capacity. Fuhsin is the site of a large thermal electric plant.]
- 2016 December 1, Joyce Lau, “A Chinese Artist Consumed by the Idea of Inevitable Change”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 December 2016, Arts:
- Mr. Sun’s “Mythological Time” depicts his hometown, Fuxin in Liaoning, a frigid province wedged between North Korea and Inner Mongolia.
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References
- “China”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, volume 16, 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42, columns 1, 2: “Conventional/Wade-Giles Pinyin […] Fu-hsin.......Fuxin”
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fuxin”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1298, column 2
- “Fuxin, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Fuxin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Fuxin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Fuxin” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
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