Fushun

See also: fǔshùn and Fu-shun

English

Alternative forms

• Fu-shun (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 撫順／抚顺 (Fǔshùn).

Proper noun

Fushun

1. A prefecture-level city in 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.

   • 1968, Joseph Earle Spencer, “FUSHUN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[2], volume 9, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1058, column 2:

     FUSHUN (FU-SHUN, FUSUNG), an industrial city adjoining Mukden on the east, located on the Hsün river in central Liaoning province, China.

   • 2015 October 6, Yifu Dong, “Coal, Which Built a Chinese City, Now Threatens to Bury It”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 October 2015, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     The state-owned mining companies cut dangerously steep angles into the ground without refilling, a practice that has put Fushun’s future at risk, he said. Landslides now threaten 42.5 percent of Fushun’s urban areas, according to a 2012 government report.

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic: فُوشُون m (fušūn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撫順／抚顺 (zh) (Fǔshùn)

• Hungarian: Fusun (hu)
• Japanese: 撫順 (ぶじゅん, Bujun)
• Korean: 푸순 (Pusun)
• Russian: Фушу́нь m (Fušúnʹ)
• Vietnamese: Phủ Thuận

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fushun”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1297, column 3
• “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., 2003–2024.