Zhoushan

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 舟山 (Zhōushān).

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Zhoushan

  1. A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China.
    • , Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 46:
      The Choushan Archipelago of Chekiang, visited by both the cold and warm currents, is rich in fishes of cold- and warm-water origin which come in search of the nutritious food washed down by the Yangtse and Chientang waters. Choushan is now China’s biggest fishing ground.]
    • , volume XVI, number 39, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4:
      Because of the presence of the military, unrest at Hanchow factories was put down, but reports of resistance have continued to come from other points of the province, including Ningpo, Choushan, Taichou and Wenchou.]
    • 2015 October 29, David Metz, “Teaching the Common Core in China [当美国教育方法遇到中国应试制度]”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 November 2015, Education Life‎:
      The meeting began in a stark, white-tiled lecture hall on the largest island of the Chinese archipelago of Zhoushan, where the East China Sea meets the Yangtze Delta. The sole decoration was a greeting written in English in multicolored chalk on the blackboard: “Welcome Parents and Students.”
      It was to be my first parents meeting at Zhoushan’s most elite high school.
    • 2021, Bruce A. Elleman, Taiwan Straits Standoff: 70 Years of PRC-Taiwan Cross-Strait Tensions‎, Anthem Press, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      Communist forces, in spite of naval and air inferiority, succeeded in overwhelming the Nationalist base on Hainan Island during February-May 1950, the Zhoushan Archipelago during May 1950, and Tatan Island as late as July 1950.

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  1. ^ “Chou-shan Archipelago”, in The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas‎, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 160, column 1

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