Fuxin

See also: fùxīn and fùxìn

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 阜新 (Fùxīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fu.ʃɪn/
  • enPR: fo͞oʹshǐnʹ[2]

Proper noun

Fuxin

  1. A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.
    • [1955, George B. Cressey, “Resources for Tomorrow”, in Land of the 500 Million: A Geography of China[3], McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 135:
      Jehol has a one-million-ton mine at Peipiao and a new open-cut mine at Fuhsin with a five-million-ton capacity. Fuhsin is the site of a large thermal electric plant.]
    • 2013 July 17, Stephen Chen, “Four people die after highway bridge collapses in Fuxin, Liaoning”, in South China Morning Post[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2024, China:
      Four people were killed when a highway bridge collapsed yesterday in Fuxin, Liaoning, and an expert said the high frequency of bridge mishaps this summer was abnormal.
    • 2016 December 1, Joyce Lau, “A Chinese Artist Consumed by the Idea of Inevitable Change”, in The New York Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 December 2016, Arts‎[6]:
      Mr. Sun’s “Mythological Time” depicts his hometown, Fuxin in Liaoning, a frigid province wedged between North Korea and Inner Mongolia.
  2. A Mongol autonomous county in Fuxin, Liaoning, China.

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References

  1. ^ “China”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica[1], 15th edition, volume 16, 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42, columns 1, 2:Conventional/Wade-Giles Pinyin [] Fu-hsin.......Fuxin
  2. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Fusin or Fu-hsin”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 652, column 2

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