Wusong
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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 2 May 2011, 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.
- , Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19:
- The first mill to send its Chinese workers home was the Nikka Number 8 Mill down the Huangp’u River from Shanghai at its Wusung entry to the vast Yangtze. The neighboring Wing On mill under Chinese owners continued to hum. There at Wusung Port was also the Chinese fortress guarding both the entrance to Shanghai’s waterway and the arterial Yangtze.]
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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 the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
French
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wusong m