Shamianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Mandarin 沙面 (Shāmiàn).

固有名詞

Shamian

1. An island in Liwan district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
   • [1879 [1877 March 1], Anna Brassey, “To Canton Up the Pearl River”, in A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months‎^[1], 6th edition, Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing, →OCLC, page 383:

     No Chinaman, except those employed by foreigners, is allowed to cross any of the bridges over the stream, which completely surrounds the foreign settlement, and makes the suburb of Shameen a perfect island.]

   • 2003 March 31, David Barboza, “A Chinese Hotel, Full of Proud American Parents”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-01-28‎^[3]:

     Last year, more than 1,500 American families came to this hotel to lodge, tour and shop while waiting to have their adoptions approved by Chinese and American authorities.
     Because the hotel is located in the consulate district on Shamian Island, a tiny, flowery strip of land that is tethered to the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton), there is no better place to stay.

   • 2015 November 22, James Pomfret; Michael Martina, “U.S. pushes China on market access, little progress seen”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 27 August 2022, Business News‎^[5]:

     “Significant work remains,” Froman told a business lunch at a venue on Shamian Island, on the banks of the Pearl River, a historical trading port for China and the West over centuries past, in the city formerly known as Canton.