Hokshan

From Cantonese 鶴山／鹤山 (hok6 saan1).

• IPA^(key): /hɒkˈʃɑːn/, enPR: hôkʹsänʹ[1]

Hokshan

1. Synonym of Heshan: the Cantonese-derived name.
   • 1999, Grace Young (楊玉華), The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen‎, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page xxi:

     This association serves the overseas Cantonese from two counties in China: Sunwui (where Baba's family was born) and Hokshan (where Mama's family was born).

   • 2004, Lai, Him Mark, “Guangdong Origins”, in Becoming Chinese American: A History of Communities and Institutions‎, AltaMira Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 13:

     In 1732 in order to facilitate the defense of settled villages against the alleged depredations of Yao tribesmen living in mountains in the area, territory was taken from Xinhui and Kaiping to form Heshan (Hokshan) as the last county of Wuyi and one of the last counties in the Pearl River Delta region to be created before the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

   • 2020, Lo, Sonny Shiu-Hing, “The Political Economy of Regional Integration in the Greater Bay Area Away from Macau's Casino Capitalism”, in Casino Capitalism, Society and Politics in China’s Macau‎, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 170:

     In 2013, the China National Nuclear Corporation planned to construct a nuclear power plant in Jiangmen's Hokshan city. The residents of Jiangmen and Hokshan heard about the plan and argued that an environmental risks assessment had not been conducted. […] In response to the public opposition, the Hokshan city government decided to shelve the plan.