Fugu
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Fu-ku, Fuku (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 府谷 (Fǔgǔ).
Proper noun
[edit]Fugu
- A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
- 2002, “Cleaning the Yellow River”, in 修月祯 [Xiu Yuezhen], editor, 旅游英语教程 [Lü you ying yu jiao cheng][1], Beijing: Renmin University of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 256–257:
- Owing to soil erosion, some farmland has become totally barren. In Chenjiagedu Village, Fugu county, Shanxi[sic – meaning Shaanxi] Province, since all farmland was lost, the local people were obliged to travel several kilometers for fertile soil.
- 2016 October 24, Chris Buckley, “Explosion Batters Neighborhood in China, Killing 14 and Wounding Nearly 150”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 October 2016, Asia Pacific[3]:
- The explosion occurred in the afternoon in Xinmin, a town in Fugu County, Shaanxi Province, and by early Tuesday rescuers had counted 147 wounded, 113 of whom had been hospitalized, according to Xinhua, the main state news agency.
Translations
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fugu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1291, column 3