fongshan
/fɔŋˈʃɑn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "12 a.m. - Zip across on the train, a five-minute or so ride, to Kaohsiung’s rather rough-and-ready neighbor Fongshan. Grab a quick lunch of delicious fried meat buns at Fongshan Old Shop Fried Buns (corner of Wei-sin Rd and Jhong-shan Rd), and then go to “beating iron street”."
- "In January 2005, a 27-year-old woman living in Fongshan City, Kaohsiung County, in southern Taiwan as admitted to Kaohsiung Medicial University Hospital with a 4-day history of intermittent fever (37.8°C-38.0°C), chills, headache, and fatigue."
- "Fongshan City Fongshan City is located in southern Kaohsiung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Immediately east of Kaohsiung City, Fongshan is capital of Kaohsiung County and is home to the Chinese Military Academy."
- "After the Communist victory in 1949, the academy was relocated to Fongshan in Taiwan under the name of the Chinese Military Academy (renamed the Military University in 2004)."
- "3. Former Japanese Navy Radio Station, Fongshan (原日本海軍鳳山無線電信所) The former Imperial Japanese Navy Fongshan Wireless Communications Station is located in the Fongshan District of Kaohsiung and offers a fascinating insight into a dark period of history for Taiwan and especially the KMT."
- "I brought up Fongshan as an example. Fongshan (鳳山區) is Kaohsiung’s most populous district with over 400,000 residents. For centuries it was a city; in fact it’s among the oldest settled areas in greater Kaohsiung. Fongshan City became Fongshan (Fengshan) District in 2010. Before the city-county merger, Fongshan had an elected mayor and for the KMT – Fongshan was a reasonably reliable “blue” spot, mostly due to many ROC military family residents."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 鳳山//