English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Fu-shun
Etymology
Proper noun
Fushun
- A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China, known for coal mining.
- 1867, Raphael Pumpelly, “Geological Researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, During the Years 1862 to 1865”, in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge[1], volume XV, Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 15:
- In the Fushun mine, apparently on the same seam, the coal reaches a thickness of thirty-five feet, though it averages much less.
Translations
a city of China
Further reading
- “Fushun”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Fushun, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Fushun”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Fushun”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Fushun” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.