Taishun

See also: Tàishùn

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 泰順 / 泰顺 (Tàishùn).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tīʹsho͝onʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Tai‧shun

Proper noun

Taishun

  1. A county of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
    • 2007 August 10, “Dozen feared dead as China bus falls in reservoir”, in Reuters‎[2], sourced from Xinhua news agency, archived from the original on 09 October 2024:
      The accident occurred in Taishun county in coastal Zhejiang province when the bus collided with a truck and fell more than 10 metres (more than 30 feet) into the Pengxi reservoir and sank, Xinhua said.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Taishun or T’ai-shun”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1865, column 1
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