Wufeng

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Etymology 1

Postal romanization of the Mandarin 五峰 (Wǔfēng).

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Wufeng

  1. A Tujia autonomous county in Yichang, Hubei, China.
    • 1977 November, Wu Han-wen, “Ho Lung's Days with the Red Army”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVI, number 11, Peking, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2023, page 13, column 3:
      They captured Hofeng county in Hupeh and Sangchih county in Hunan and set up Soviet power. Then they built up revolutionary bases around Hsuan-en and Wufeng counties in Hupeh province.
  2. A town in Wufeng, Yichang, Hubei, China.
  3. A township in Yunyang district, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
  4. A mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
    • [2003 March, “Shei-Pa National Park Guide to the Exhibition Hall in Wenshui Visitor Center”, in Bai Fengshuo, transl., edited by Michael Lee, Young-Fa Lin, archived from the original on 05 March 2023:
      Covering 76,850 hectacres, about three times the area of Taipei City, Shei-Pa National Park comprises Wufong and Jianshih in Sinjhu County, Taian in Miaoli County, and Heping in Taijhong County.]
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Etymology 2

From Mandarin 霧峰雾峰 (Wùfēng).

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Wufeng

  1. A district of Taichung, Taiwan
    • 1976, China Yearbook 1976, Taipei: China Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 499, column 1:
      The fifth plenary session of the Provincial Assembly opened at Wufeng near Taichung in central Taiwan.
    • 1988, Joseph A. Yager, Transforming Agriculture in Taiwan: The Experience of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 150:
      In 1977, the institute moved into new facilities at Wufeng, Taichung Hsien, in central Taiwan. At Wufeng, it has an experimental farm of 128 hectares, four laboratory buildings, an administration building, 12 greenhouses, and a number of auxiliary buildings.
    • 1999 September 21, William Foreman, “Searchers Comb Wreckage in Taiwan; Toll Rises”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-26:
      A huge Buddhist statue in Wufeng, Taiwan, tilts after the area was hit by a strong earthquake Tuesday.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wufeng.
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