Wanxian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 萬縣/万县 (Wànxiàn).
Proper noun
[edit]Wanxian
- (historical) Synonym of Wanzhou (formerly called Wan County).
- 2018 October 28, Aizhu Chen, Li Pei, “Two dead after China bus plunges 60 meters into river: state media”, in Christopher Cushing, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 2023-05-27, Top News[2]:
- The bus collided around 10 am (0200 GMT) into a private car that was driving against the flow of traffic on a four-lane bridge in the city’s Wanxian area. The bus then veered, broke through the bridge fence and plunged into the Yangtze river.