Wufeng
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editPostal romanization of the Mandarin 五峰 (Wǔfēng).
Proper noun
editWufeng
- A Tujia autonomous county in Yichang, Hubei, China.
- 1977 November, Wu Han-wen, “Ho Lung's Days with the Red Army”, in China Reconstructs[1], volume XXVI, number 11, Peking, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2023, page 13, column 3:
- They captured Hofeng county in Hupeh and Sangchih county in Hunan and set up Soviet power. Then they built up revolutionary bases around Hsuan-en and Wufeng counties in Hupeh province.
- A town in Wufeng, Yichang, Hubei, China.
- A township in Yunyang district, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
- A mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
- [2003 March, “Shei-Pa National Park Guide to the Exhibition Hall in Wenshui Visitor Center”, in Bai Fengshuo, transl., edited by Michael Lee, Young-Fa Lin[2], archived from the original on 05 March 2023:
- Covering 76,850 hectacres, about three times the area of Taipei City, Shei-Pa National Park comprises Wufong and Jianshih in Sinjhu County, Taian in Miaoli County, and Heping in Taijhong County.]
Translations
editautonomous county in central China; town in central China; township in central China; township in northern Taiwan
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wufeng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[3], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3494, column 1
- Wufeng, Wu-feng at Google Ngram Viewer
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editProper noun
editWufeng
- A district of Taichung, Taiwan
- 1988, Joseph A. Yager, Transforming Agriculture in Taiwan: The Experience of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction[5], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 150:
- In 1977, the institute moved into new facilities at Wufeng, Taichung Hsien, in central Taiwan. At Wufeng, it has an experimental farm of 128 hectares, four laboratory buildings, an administration building, 12 greenhouses, and a number of auxiliary buildings.
- 1999 September 21, William Foreman, “Searchers Comb Wreckage in Taiwan; Toll Rises”, in The Washington Post[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-26[7]:
- A huge Buddhist statue in Wufeng, Taiwan, tilts after the area was hit by a strong earthquake Tuesday.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wufeng.
Translations
editdistrict
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wufeng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[8], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3494, column 1
- Wufeng, Wu-feng at Google Ngram Viewer
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