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.

   • 2013 August 20, “More than 200 dead or missing in China floods”, in AP News‎^[3], archived from the original on May 31, 2024‎^[4]:

     In the deadliest incident, torrential rains over the last week caused the Nei River in northeastern Liaoning province to overflow near the city of Fushun, sweeping away homes, roads and utilities and leaving 54 people dead and 97 missing.

   • 2015 October 6, Yifu Dong, “Coal, Which Built a Chinese City, Now Threatens to Bury It”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 October 2015, Asia Pacific‎^[6]:

     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)
• Manchu: ᡶᡠᡧᡠᠨ (fušun), ᡶᡠᠰᡳ (fusi)
• Russian: Фушу́нь m (Fušúnʹ)
• Vietnamese: Phủ Thuận

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fushun”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 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.