Wusong

See also: Wúsōng

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete): Woosung

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 吳淞／吴淞 (Wúsōng).

Proper noun

Wusong

1. A subdistrict of Baoshan District in Shanghai, China.
2. (historical) A former name of the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai.
3. (historical) A former name of the Wenzaobang in Shanghai.
4. (historical) A port city on the lower Huangpu River near its confluence with the Yangtze, since merged with Shanghai.
   • 1980 January 13, Jay Mathews, “Brown Ends China Visit That Improved Military Ties”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 March 2020‎^[2]:

     Brown's last official discussions took place yesterday at a base of the East China fleet at Wusong, where Shanghai's Huangpu River meets the mighty Yangtze River near the East China Sea.

   • 1984 March 4, Christopher S. Wren, “What's Doing in Shanghai”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-05-02, Section 10, page 10‎^[4]:

     If you sail a dozen miles to Wusong where the Huangpu converges with the Yangtze, you will see another side of Shanghai: a major port clogged with sleek steamers, rusty freighters, warships, barges and sailing junks.

Translations

locations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吳淞／吴淞 (zh) (Wúsōng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wusong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 1
• Wusong, Wu-sung, Wusung, Woosung at Google Ngram Viewer

French

Alternative forms

• Wousung (obsolete)

Proper noun

Wusong m

1. Synonym of Suzhou (river in Shanghai)