Yanshan

See also: Yānshān and Yánshān

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: yĕn′shän′
  • Hyphenation: Yan‧shan

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鉛山 / 铅山 (Yánshān).

Proper noun

Yanshan

  1. A county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 燕山 (Yānshān).

Proper noun

Yanshan

  1. Synonym of Yan Mountains.
    • 1988, The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976: An Anatomy of Disaster‎[2], Pergamon Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 3:
      The geomorphology has been modified by the flow of Luanhe and several other major rivers which run through the Yanshan mountains and the plain to reach Bohai.
Usage notes

Often redundantly expressed in English as the "Yanshan Mountains" since the character 山 (shān) in 'Yanshan' means 'mountain'/'mountains'.

References

  1. ^ Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China‎[1], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 237: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Yanshan/Yen-shan”
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