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Shang-hai
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shanghai Shanghai Shanghái Shanghaï shānghǎi shānghài Shànghǎi
English
thumb|Map including SHANG-HAI (SHANGHAI) (Army Map Service AMS, 1955)
Proper noun
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en obsolete en Shanghai.
en 1844 The Voyages and Services of the Nemesis The English Review; or, Quarterly Journal of Ecclesiastical and General Literature https://archive.org/details/englishreview1184unse/ I London Rivington (publishers) Francis & John Rivington 7198250 210 https://archive.org/details/englishreview1184unse/page/210/ Shang-hai, in the province of Kiang-nan, is situated on the western bank of the river Wu-sung, about 9 miles from its outlet into the great Yang-tse Kiang. It is connected, by an elaborate system of inland navigation, with all the principal cities of the province, among which is Su-chau-fu, the most important manufacturing town of the empire. It must necessarily, therefore, serve as the entrepôt of a considerable export and import trade. Its population is rated at 300,000. Shang-hai is in latitude 31° 12’ N., and about 800 miles from Hong Kong.
en 1889 w:Jules Verne Virginia Champlin Tribulations of a Chinaman in China The Adventures of a Chinaman in China https://archive.org/details/cu31924023981719/ w:Lee and Shepard 12790496 16 https://archive.org/details/cu31924023981719/page/n35/ His father, Tchoung-Heou, was living at Pekin when he was born ; and he was six years old when the former settled at Shang-hai.
en 1952 Leonard M. Outerbridge The Lost Churches of China https://archive.org/details/lostchurchesofch0000oute/ Philadelphia w:Westminster Press 52-8859 1013283 38–39 https://archive.org/details/lostchurchesofch0000oute/page/38/ Wylie personally examined the monument in Sian-fu and published a translation of the inscription in Shang-hai in 1854.
en 1981 w:E. V. Thompson The Dream Traders https://archive.org/details/dreamtraders00thom/ Macmillian 0 7089 8221 2 867930673 229 https://archive.org/details/dreamtraders00thom/page/229/ He waved towards a giant of a man who stood grinning at the edge of the pirate band. "He spent many years breaking in new girls for the most celebrated whorehouse in Shang-hai. They still call for his services when he is available. Ah! But he is a master at his chosen craft. . . ."
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Further reading
en 2017 Languages Other than English The Chicago Manual of Style Seventeenth https://archive.org/details/chicagomanualofs0017unse/ University of Chicago Press 10.7208/cmos17 2017020712 988171830 652 https://archive.org/details/chicagomanualofs0017unse/page/652/ Wade-Giles Postal atlas Pinyin Shang-hai Shanghai Shanghai