Fat Shan

See also: Fatshan

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 佛山 (fat6 saan1).

Proper noun

Fat Shan

1. Synonym of Foshan
   • 1975, Ruth Hitchcock, The Good Hand of Our God‎^[1], Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 146:

     It was getting dark when we arrived in Fat Shan, and coolies swarmed onto the boat to carry baggage up to the street level.[...]We would have to spend the night in Fat Shan and wanted a place to put all the baskets of supplies until morning when we would continue our journey.