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Dongsheng

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɔŋ.ʃɛŋ/, /dɒŋ-/, /-ʃʌŋ/

Etymology 1

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東勝 / 东胜 (Dōngshèng).

Proper noun

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Dongsheng

  1. A district of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China.
    • 1999, Hong Jiang, “Human driving forces of environmental change”, in The Ordos Plateau of China: An Endangered Environment[1], United Nations University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:
      Most villages subscribe to local newspapers, but when they arrive their contents are no longer news; it takes seven days to deliver newspaper from the League centre, Dongsheng, and more than 20 days for newspapers to arrive from outside the area.
    • 2011 December 2, Lucy Hornby, Langi Chiang, “China's Ordos property bust offers warning sign”, in Reuters[2], archived from the original on 05 June 2024, World:
      In empty showrooms of Dongsheng, Ordos' old city, saleswomen immediately offer 30 percent price discounts if a buyer is willing to pay for a property upfront and in cash.
    • 2015 March 6, Jody Rosen, “The Colossal Strangeness of China’s Most Excellent Tourist City”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 September 2015[4]:
      In 2006, the headquarters of the local government was moved to Kangbashi from the Dongsheng District, 20 miles north; bus service between Kangbashi and Dongsheng was allegedly cut off so that Ordos’s public officials would be forced to take up residence in the new town.
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Etymology 2

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 東升 (Dōngshēng).

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Dongsheng

  1. A town in Shishou, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
  2. A village in Dongsheng, Shishou, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
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