Qiongshan

See also: Qióngshān

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瓊山 / 琼山 (Qióngshān).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æn

Proper noun

Qiongshan

  1. A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.
    • 1986 January 19, John F. Burns, “SURF AND SAND IN CHINA”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 March 2009, Travel, page 21‎[2]:
      The most famous exile was Hai Rui, a Ming dynasty mandarin who hailed, like Charlie Soong, from Qiongshan county, east of Haikou.
    • 2018 July 26, Danny Mok, “Mainland Chinese police officers suspended over mishandling of Hong Kong director Sharon Lam’s attempted rape report against trainee pilot”, in South China Morning Post‎[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 November 2024, Crime in China‎[4]:
      The Qiongshan district public security bureau branch made the announcement on its Weibo account and said it had launched an investigation into the officers, but did not reveal how many had been suspended.

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