Xueshan

See also: xuěshān and Xuěshān

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 雪山 (Xuěshān, Snowy Mountain).

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Xueshan

  1. A mountain in Taiwan
    • 2007, Phil Macdonald, “Central West”, in National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, 2nd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 217, column 2:
      If you choose the northern route, in Wuling you can arrange mountaineering expeditions to Syueshan (Xueshan), or Snow Mountain, Taiwan’s second highest peak at 12,746 feet (3885 m).
    • 2019 May 10, Lane Nieset, “Robert Mapplethorpe-Inspired Jewelry, Taiwan’s New Hot-Spring Hotel and More”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2019, NOTES ON THE CULTURE:
      The main appeal, of course, is the water, which flows down from Xueshan, or Snow Mountain, Taiwan’s second-highest peak, and into granite soaking tubs in each room.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Xueshan.

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