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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 崑山／昆山 (Kūnshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻun¹-shan¹.
Proper noun
K'un-shan
- Alternative form of Kunshan
1957, Kalivodová, translated by Iris Urwin, Chinese Theatre, Czechoslovakia: Spring Books, →OCLC, page 29:Wei Liang-fu lived in K’un-shan near Shanghai, and for ten years studied the old operas and their music.
2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 130:Then, in 1936, the Firemen's Association of K’un-shan sponsored a benefit concert. This was a big deal because K’un-shan was the place where k’un-ch’ü originated six hundred years ago.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:K'un-shan.
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