Wanshan
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 萬山／万山 (Wànshān).
Proper noun
[edit]Wanshan
- A district of Tongren, Guizhou, China.
- 2008 February 6, “Millions of Chinese still without power”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 January 2023, Asia Pacific[2]:
- "The biggest problem has been keeping the children warm at night," said a farmer, Ye Xiaoling, in the Wanshan area of the Guizhou prefecture of Tongren, which has also been without power since January. "Our problem is that our homes and everything else are not used to such cold."
- An archipelago in Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
- 1997, James Lazell, Michael Lau, Wenhua Lu, “A Brief Herpetological Excursion to Wai Ling Ding, Wanshan Islands, South China Sea”, in Asiatic Herpetological Research, volume 7, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 84, column 1:
- In view of the number of endemic species known from Hong Kong islands, including some found at low elevation such as Philautus romeri, Megophrys brachykolos, and Dibamus bogadeki, the Wanshan Islands will repay a thorough investigation.
- 2018 August 21, “The Chinese island that is so close to Hong Kong, yet very different: Wailingding – how to get there and what to see”, in South China Morning Post[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 August 2018, Travel & Leisure[4]:
- The Wanshan Archipelago comprises roughly 104 islands within the administration of Zhuhai; and while quiet today, they have had a turbulent history, mostly intertwined with Hong Kong.