Lushan

See also: Lúshān

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lo͞oʹshänʹ[1]

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 魯山鲁山.

Proper noun

Lushan

  1. A county of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
    • 1959, C. K. Yang, The Chinese Family in the Communist Revolution, M.I.T. Press, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 82:
      In the village of Tunghua in Lushan county of Honan Province a child bride, Li Hsiu-yuan, demanded a divorce, but the local officials were against it, and for three months, the case hung fire.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lushan.
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Etymology 2

From Mandarin 廬山庐山 (Lúshān).

Proper noun

Lushan

  1. Synonym of Mount Lu.
    • 1977, Chiang Yee, China Revisited, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 30:
      I received the news from our representative, Dr. Wellington Koo, whose secretary wired me to prepare twenty cars to take the whole delegation up the famous Lushan mountain for a sight-seeing expedition.
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References

  1. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lushan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1099, column 1

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