Shashi

shashi shàshí English Shashi District Alternative forms en Shasi Postal en Sha-shih Wade-Giles en Shasze Etymology 1 late 20th c., from the en cmn-pinyin -en 1972 Shabad Theodore Index China's Changing Map https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/ New York Frederick A. Praeger 71-178868 482667885 345, 361 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/361/ Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles:(1) the Post Office system,(2) the Wade-Giles system,shown after the main entry(3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parenthesesShasi (Shashi, Shashih)en 1995 China The New Encyclopedia Britannica https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia0016unse/ 15th 16 0-85229-605-3 93-073891 32056397 42-43 https://archive.org/details/newencyclopaedia0016unse/page/43/ Conventional/Wade-Giles PinyinSha-shih.......Shashi romanization of the en cmn 沙市. Pronunciation shäʹshûrʹ shäʹsēʹ shäʹshûʹen 1952 Shasi or Sha-shih Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1746 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1746/ 2 en Sha shi Proper noun en district prefecture-level city/Jingzhou p/Hubei c/China. en 1905 Archibald Little The Middle Basin: Part I. The Yangtse River The Far East https://archive.org/details/fareast00litt_0/ Oxford w:Clarendon Press 2234766 57 https://archive.org/details/fareast00litt_0/page/n80/ The stream first emerges from the mountains at the Ichang gorge, 960 nautical miles from its mouth : and some fifty miles below this point the boulders and gravel of the upper river give place to banks of soft alluvium, the outline of which varies every season, notwithstanding the gigantic embankments with which it is sought to retain the stream in its channel. These begin a short distance above the great emporium of Shashih, situated in the midst of the Hupeh plain, eighty-three miles below Ichang. on August 14, 1998 w:Associated Press Flood Peril Recedes for Now in China https://web.archive.org/web/20230811114219/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/14/world/flood-peril-recedes-for-now-in-china.html Section A 4 State-run China Central Television said a flood crest hit Shashi in central Hubei province at 147 feet, just eight inches short of the level that would have required levees to be blasted and the flooding of the homes of as many as 330,000 people. en January 27, 2022 Ai Mo Churches in Hubei, Sichuan Conduct Visits Before Spring Festival https://web.archive.org/web/20220217223408/https://chinachristiandaily.com/news/church_ministry/2022-01-27/churches-in-hubei--sichuan-conduct-visits-before-spring-festival_11110 17 February 2022 China Christian Daily In January, pastors from Shashi Church in Jingzhou, Hubei, and leaders of gathering sites paid visits to nursing homes, families in need, and rural households in the suburbs. Translations district in central China Chinese: Cantonese: yue 沙市 Mandarin: cmn 沙市 Shāshì Japanese: ja References Further reading Anagrams en ahhiss Hashis Shiahs shahis shisha Etymology 2 en sa शशि. Proper noun en male Sanskrit used in India.