Songjiang

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See also: Sōngjiāng

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Songjiang District in Shanghai

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Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 松江 (Sōngjiāng, literally Pine River).

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Songjiang

  1. A district of Shanghai, China, located along the Grand Canal and formerly the principal city of the region.
    • 2011 December 20, Hayley Tsukayama, “Report: Apple partner Pegatron under scrutiny after blast”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 December 2011, Tech‎:
      The explosion rocked the Riteng Computer Accessory Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegatron, in Shanghai’s Songjiang district. []
      Wu told the AP in China: “Our hearts go out to the people who were hurt in Songjiang. We are working closely with Pegatron to understand the cause of this accident.”
    • 2013 March 11, Edward Wong, “Thousands of Dead Pigs Found in Chinese River”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-03-11, Asia Pacific‎:
      A statement issued Monday by the Shanghai government and posted on its Web site said that there were piglets in the river as well as adult swine weighing hundreds of pounds. Residents in the Songjiang district, the area southwest of downtown Shanghai where most of the pigs have been discovered, said this was not the first time they had seen dead pigs in the Huangpu.
  2. Various other minor towns and villages of China.
  3. Synonym of Song River, any of various minor rivers in China.
  4. (historical) A former province in China. Capital: Mudanjiang

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