Fenghsien

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of Fengxian. alt-of, alternative

    "Twenty miles south of Shanghai, near the edge of the growing Yangtse delta, lies the crowded county of Fenghsien. On one side is the ocean, from which the land has persistently been snatched. On the other is the exotic metropolis of Shanghai [1], singularly out of harmony with this ancient agricultural countryside."

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"Twenty miles south of Shanghai, near the edge of the growing Yangtse delta, lies the crowded county of Fenghsien. On one side is the ocean, from which the land has persistently been snatched. On the other is the exotic metropolis of Shanghai [1], singularly out of harmony with this ancient agricultural countryside."

Etymology

From Mandarin 奉賢／奉贤 (Fèngxián) Wade–Giles romanization: Fêng⁴-hsien².

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