Wufeng
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Wu-feng
Etymology 1
Postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 五峰 (Wǔfēng).
Proper noun
Wufeng
- A Tujia autonomous county in Yichang, Hubei, China.
- A town in Wufeng, Yichang, Hubei, China.
- A township in Yunyang district, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
- A mountain indigenous township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
- [2003 March, “Shei-Pa National Park Guide to the Exhibition Hall in Wenshui Visitor Center”, in Bai Fengshuo, transl.; Michael Lee, editor, Young-Fa Lin, archived from the original on 05 March 2023:
- Covering 76,850 hectacres, about three times the area of Taipei City, Shei-Pa National Park comprises Wufong and Jianshih in Sinjhu County, Taian in Miaoli County, and Heping in Taijhong County.]
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Translations
Alternative forms
- (from Tongyong Pinyin) Wufong
Proper noun
Wufeng
- A district of Taichung, Taiwan
- 1988, Yager, Joseph A., Transforming Agriculture in Taiwan: The Experience of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 150:
- In 1977, the institute moved into new facilities at Wufeng, Taichung Hsien, in central Taiwan. At Wufeng, it has an experimental farm of 128 hectares, four laboratory buildings, an administration building, 12 greenhouses, and a number of auxiliary buildings.
- 1999 September 21, Foreman, William, “Searchers Comb Wreckage in Taiwan; Toll Rises”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-26:
- A huge Buddhist statue in Wufeng, Taiwan, tilts after the area was hit by a strong earthquake Tuesday.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wufeng.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wufeng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3494, column 1
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