Wusong
See also: Wúsōng
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): Woosung
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 吳淞/吴淞 (Wúsōng).
Proper noun
Wusong
- A subdistrict of Baoshan District in Shanghai, China.
- (historical) A former name of the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai.
- (historical) A former name of the Wenzaobang in Shanghai.
- (historical) A port city on the lower Huangpu River near its confluence with the Yangtze, since merged with Shanghai.
- 1980 January 13, Jay Mathews, “Brown Ends China Visit That Improved Military Ties”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 March 2020:
- Brown's last official discussions took place yesterday at a base of the East China fleet at Wusong, where Shanghai's Huangpu River meets the mighty Yangtze River near the East China Sea.
- 1984 March 4, Christopher S. Wren, “What's Doing in Shanghai”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-05-02, Section 10, page 10:
- If you sail a dozen miles to Wusong where the Huangpu converges with the Yangtze, you will see another side of Shanghai: a major port clogged with sleek steamers, rusty freighters, warships, barges and sailing junks.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wusong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 1
- Wusong, Wu-sung, Wusung, Woosung at Google Ngram Viewer
French
Alternative forms
- Wousung (obsolete)
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