Zhoushan
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See also: Zhōushān
English
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 舟山 (Zhōushān).
Pronunciation
- enPR: jōʹshänʹ
Proper noun
Zhoushan
- 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.]
- 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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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhoushan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3565, column 3