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Meaning of "Foshan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOSHAN

Foshan  [ˈfɔːˈʃɑːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOSHAN

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Foshan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOSHAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Foshan

Foshan

Foshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. The area under the city's jurisdiction is about 3,840 km2 and currently has a population of 7.1 million of which 3.6 million reside in the city proper. The native dialect is the Foshan variant of Cantonese, but many areas of Foshan are now occupied by Mandarin-speaking migrants.

Definition of Foshan in the English dictionary

The definition of Foshan in the dictionary is a city in SE China, in W Guangdong province. Pop: 483 000 Also called: Namhoi.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOSHAN


Afghanistan
æfˈɡænɪˌstɑːn
Akan
ˈɑːkɑːn
Azerbaijan
ˌæzəbaɪˈdʒɑːn
Badakhshan
ˌbædæxˈʃɑːn
Balikpapan
ˌbɑːlɪkˈpɑːpɑːn
barn
bɑːn
Bhutan
buːˈtɑːn
Fatshan
ˈfɑːtˈʃɑːn
Iran
ɪˈrɑːn
khan
kɑːn
Kyrgyzstan
ˈkɪəɡɪzˌstɑːn
machan
məˈtʃɑːn
Oman
əʊˈmɑːn
Pakistan
ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn
Shahn
ʃɑːn
Shan
ʃɑːn
Sudan
suːˈdɑːn
Taiwan
ˈtaɪˈwɑːn
Tajikistan
tɑːˌdʒɪkɪˈstɑːn
Turkmenistan
ˌtɜːkmɛnɪˈstɑːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOSHAN

FOS
Fosbury flop
foscarnet
Foscolo
foss
fossa
fossae
fosse
Fosse Way

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOSHAN

afghan
Anshan
Bashan
darshan
Elizabethan
Jonathan
Langshan
lohan
Nathan
nothing less than
orphan
other than
Rajasthan
Salishan
Shushan
Tangshan
than
Vaughan
Wakashan
Wuhan

Synonyms and antonyms of Foshan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Foshan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOSHAN

Find out the translation of Foshan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Foshan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Foshan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

佛山
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Foshan
570 millions of speakers

English

Foshan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Foshan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فوشان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Фошань
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Foshan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Foshan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Foshan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Foshan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Foshan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

仏山
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foshan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Phật Sơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Foshan ல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॉशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Foshan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Foshan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Foshan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Фошань
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Foshan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Foshan
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Foshan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Foshan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Foshan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Foshan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOSHAN»

The term «Foshan» is very widely used and occupies the 19.847 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOSHAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Foshan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOSHAN»

Discover the use of Foshan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Foshan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
China Briefing's Business Guide to the Greater Pearl River Delta
Foshan Land and Resources Bureau Tel: (86-757) 8338 1141 Address: 2, Linghui Donglu, Foshan Web: http://www.fsgt.gov.cn Foshan Foreign Trade and Economy Cooperation Bureau Tel: (86-757) 8335 2584 Address: 76, Fenjiang Nanlu, ...
China Briefing Media, 2004
2
中囯建筑行业公司指南
Office 334 Foshan Caizhou Sanitary Ceramics 152 Foshan Ceramics Group, Shiwan Acid-resistant Ceramics Factory 152 Foshan Ceramics Group, Shiwan Building Ceramics Factory 152 Foshan Ceramics, Machinery Factory 152 Foshan  ...
Friedl Business Information (Firm), Friedl Business Information Ltd., 1999
3
Market Intelligence Report: Computer Cases
Foshan Intech is an ex port -oriented manufacturer of PC cases with a monthly production capacity of 150.000 units. It was established in 2003 with an initial investment of S3 .5 million. It is a subsidiary company of Australia Intech International ...
4
Shareholding System Reform in China: Privatizing by Groping ...
In April 1988, the Foshan municipal government organized a public seminar to discuss the feasibility of issuing shares by enterprises, an idea that had once been banned as 'capitalist' (FN, 18 November 1987, 18 April 1988; ZBN, 1988, pp.
Shuyun Ma, 2010
5
One Step Ahead in China: Guangdong Under Reform
kilometers southwest of Guangzhou on the Fen River, Foshan (Buddha Mountain ) was a temple town from at least the time of the Tang Dynasty (628-960), and the Foshan Ancestral Temple (zumiao) remained a major tourist site. By early in ...
Ezra F. Vogel, 1990
6
Foshan: Guangfo Metro, Kuiqi Lu Station, Jihua Park Station, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
LLC Books, 2010
7
China Economic Review's China Business Guide 2005
Foshan. (Buddha Mountain) is a manufacturing center just southwest of Guangzhou city. A wide range of foreign companies have set up plants here, including DuPontfrom the US, Siemens, Bosch and Hochest from Germany, Panasonic, ...
‎2005
8
OECD Territorial Reviews OECD Territorial Reviews: ...
This “Outline for PRD” explicitly calls for promoting the integration of Guangzhou and Foshan, and encourages the integrated GuangzhouFoshan to lead the process of building the PRD into an urban cluster with a rational layout, sound ...
OECD, 2010
9
Emperor and Ancestor: State and Lineage in South China
The evidence does not point to the absence of lijia registration in the Foshan area before the Huang Xiaoyang uprising, but rather to much greater systematization of the records afterwards. A complete listing of the households registered in the ...
David Faure, 2007
10
Internal and International Migration: Chinese Perspectives
Table 4.2 Averages of macro indicators for regions of rural outmigration (l990) national outmigration outmigration (SEZ) average to Foshan to Shenzhen Distance to destination — 261 km — 527 km — Private household size 4.2 4.3 3.5 4.3 3.3 ...
Hein Mallee, Frank N. Pieke, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOSHAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Foshan is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Robot Supermarket Coming To China: Foshan City Center Aims To …
A sprawling “robot supermarket” is in development in the Chinese city of Foshan, in central Guangdong Province, local officials announced ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
2
Family Business Roundup: Country Garden Holdings, Vivendi, and …
The Foshan-based company is shoring up its balance sheets after a pickup in property sales and will sell 6 billion yuan ($966 million) of ... «Campden FB, Jul 15»
3
Testing time for testing ground
The chamber, which has over 300 members in South China, proposed that the local government emulate Foshan's system by hiring foreigners ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
4
This Chinese mega-city has more people than Canada or Australia
... the nine major cities in the PRD — Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Guangzhou, Foshan, and Zhaoqing. «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
5
Stepmum attacks child; dad 'teaches' unruly girl in new cases of abuse
In Foshan, Guangdong province, a 20-something stepmother admitted to beating her husband's six-year-old son with a plastic pipe, sending ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
6
No satisfaction for Macau tourists
The other destinations studied were Zhongshan (73.22), Foshan (72.89), Shenzhen (72.48) and Guangzhou (72.11). All of them are in ... «Macau Business Daily, Jul 15»
7
Country Garden May Spin Off Unit, Issue 6 Billion Yuan of Bonds
The company, based in Foshan in southern China, also plans to sell 6 billion yuan ($966 million) of onshore three-year bonds and is on track to ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
8
Hong Kong: PolyU Released Report on 2014 Tourist Satisfaction …
... PolyU TSI framework, the city managed to outperformed Meizhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Macau with the exception of Australia. «Hospitality Net, Jul 15»
9
Tourists are less satisfied with Hong Kong.
... PolyU TSI framework, the city managed to outperformed Meizhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Macau with the exception of Australia. «4Hoteliers, Jul 15»
10
A brave, new world of robots is on the rise in China
In Foshan city's Shunde district, in the heart of the Pearl River Delta, the difficulties in recruitment are acute. This manufacturing hub is known ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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