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Wuxi
Wuxi or Wusih , city (1994 est. pop. 863,100), S Jiangsu prov., China, on the Grand Canal and the north bank of Tai lake. It is a silk-producing center. Foods (especially grains) are processed, and machine tools, paper products, fertilizer, and motor vehicles are also made. Wuxi has long been famous for its little figurines of opera and drama characters, still being produced today. A small walled city in the early 19th cent., Wuxi rapidly replaced Suzhou as the economic center of the Tai lake basin. It is on a railroad connecting Shanghai with much of N China. The city's name, which is translated as "without tin," refers to the tin mines in the area that were exhausted during the Han dynasty. The name sometimes appears as Wu-hsi. |
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Wuxi
Wuxi, China Three cities, in Anhui, Jiangsu, and Sichuan Provinces, have this name. It means ‘No Tin’ or ‘Without Tin’ from wú ‘no’ and xī ‘tin’. The name is derived from the fact that during the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties tin was mined until none was left.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Wuxi." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Wuxi." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Wuxi.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Wuxi." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Wuxi.html |
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