Fugu

See also: fugu, fūgǔ, Fǔgǔ, fùgǔ, and fuĝu

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 府谷 (Fǔgǔ).

Proper noun

Fugu

  1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.
    • [1936 September, P'an, C. H., Older Mesozoic Plants from North Shensi‎, Nanking: Geological Survey of China, OCLC 488868195, page 6:
      Recently Dr. Sze¹ has described many species from Shihpanwan, 110 li west of Fuku Hsien (府谷縣), North Shensi.]
    • 2002, “Cleaning the Yellow River”, in Xiu Yuezhen (修月祯), editor, 旅游英语教程 [Lü you ying yu jiao cheng]‎, Beijing: Renmin University of China, →ISBN, OCLC 298608916, pages 256-257:
      Owing to soil erosion, some farmland has become totally barren. In Chenjiagedu Village, Fugu county, Shanxi[sic – meaning Shaanxi] Province, since all farmland was lost, the local people were obliged to travel several kilometers for fertile soil.

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