# Sungshan
## English
### Etymology

From Mandarin 松山 (Sōngshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Sung¹-shan¹.

### Proper noun

Sungshan
* Alternative form of Songshan.
** 1983 January 2, “Overseas agreements strengthen energy, computer industries”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎, volume XXIV, number 1, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 3:In December of the following year, some 300,000 people attended the exhibition, and a year later 425,000 people crowded the Taipei World Trade Center exhibition hall at Sungshan in Taipei.
** 1994 July, Robert Storey, “Taipei”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit‎, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 160, column 1:The Jaoho St Night Market (ráohé jiē yèshì) is in the Sungshan District at the northern end of Keelung Rd. This is one of the newest and largest markets in the city.
** 2009 January 1, 資訊管理室 [Information Management Office], “TAIPEI CITY TO HAVE 8 CONSTITUENCIES FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS”, in Yangmingshan National Park‎, archived from the original on 20 September 2022:The second constituency will be comprised of Tatung district and 38 boroughs in the Shihlin district; the third constituency will include the Chungshan district and 20 boroughs in the Sungshan district. […] The sixth constituency will cover the Taan administrative district, and the seventh constituency will contain the Hsinyi district and 13 boroughs in the Sungshan district, while the eighth constituency will incorporate the Wenshan district and 10 boroughs in the Chungcheng district.
** 2009 September 18, “10th anniversary of the 9-21 earthquake approaches”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 20 September 2022:The earthquake killed more than 2,000 people, mostly in central Taiwan. But a building located opposite the Cheng Hung Temple in Taipei's Sungshan district, the 12-story Tungsheng Building, also collapsed during the temblor, killing 87 people.
** 2014 November, Typhun, “Good lunch box vendor?”, in Forumosa.com‎, archived from the original on 2017-03-11, Restaurants; Taipei / Xinbei‎:The company I work for is eliciting recommendations for lunch box vendors. Anyone know of some place memorably decent, or at least somewhat better than run of the mill? They only order Chinese fare currently, but hopefully would be open to something else if available and competitively priced (NT$85-115). Would need to be able to reliably deliver orders of at least a couple dozen lunches to Sungshan district.
** 2016, Lin Kuo-Liang et al., “Energy Consumption Analysis for Concrete Residences—A Baseline Study in Taiwan”, in Sustainability‎, volume 9, number 2, published 2017, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9 of 13:This sample family locates at the 10th floor a 12-story north-facing condominium in Sungshan district of Taipei City, and has a floor area of 183 m².
** 2017 September 2, Jason Pan, “Group condemns detention by military police at Universiade closing ceremony”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 September 2017, Taiwan News, page 3:Showing a medical report obtained from a hospital, Chen said he sustained bruises, internal bleeding, swelling and other minor injuries on his arms and legs during the ordeal, adding that he was questioned and detained at Taipei City Sungshan District Police Precinct.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sungshan.

### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎:This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). […] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 松山區 / Songshan / Sōngshān / Songshan / Sungshan

### Further reading

* Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Sungshan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1845, column 2
* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Sungshan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3054, column 1