Anshan
See also: An-shan
English
Etymology 1
From Mandarin 鞍山 (Ānshān).
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) An-shan
Pronunciation
- enPR: änʹshänʹ
Proper noun
Anshan
- A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, in northeastern China.
- 1946 September 27, John Leighton Stuart, The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State (Foreign Relations of the United States 1946), Government Printing Office, page 235:
- It appears a foregone conclusion that the National Government will take Harbin as soon as the Generalissimo gives the nod. Also, as the new 6th Army, one of the corps d'élite of Chinese forces, is now stationed in and around Anshan, a move on Antung appears likely and may have already begun.
- 1964, Jen Yu-ti (任育地), A Concise Geography of China (中国地理概述), Peking: Foreign Languages Press, OCLC 799178199, OL 5937311M, page 52:
- In old China industry was concentrated in the eastern part of the country. Nearly all the iron and steel enterprises were set up in the cities of Anshan, Penki, Talien, Tientsin and Shanghai, within 100 kilometres of the sea.
- 1999 July 14, “Report: Chinese Dissident Charged”, in AP News, archived from the original on 23 June 2022:
- A dissident detained seven weeks ago in northeastern China has been charged with subversion, a human rights group reported Wednesday.
Police in the town of Anshan in Liaoning province notified Wang Zechen’s family of the charges on Wednesday, according to the Information Center of Human Rights and Democracy in China.
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Translations
a prefecture-level city in northeastern China
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Alternative forms
- Anzan (Elamite)
Proper noun
Anshan
- An ancient Elamite and later Achaemenid Persian city in modern-day Iran.
Translations
ancient city
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Anagrams
- Hanans, Hannas, Nan-sha, Nansha, Shanna
Portuguese
Proper noun
Anshan f
- Anshan (a prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China)
- Anshan (ancient Elamite and later Achaemenid Persian city in modern-day Iran)