Talk:Shanghai

Jai Alai

There was a Jai Alai court there in the 1930s, wasn't there? -- Error

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Municipality

Is Shanghai Municipality = Shanghai? (note that it is not the case for Chongqing Municipality and Chongqing City). If it is the case, then we should probably merge the 2 articles. olivier 16:57, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)

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Abbreviations

The article says: "In China, Shanghai is also known as Hu4 (滬 or 沪) and Shen1 (申)." What does this mean? Could this be explained for non-Sinophones? Adam 11:18, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I've paraphrased it. Major Chinese places (all province-level entities, for example) has an abbreviation, which may or may not be a syllable from the multisyllabic placename. In Shanghai's case, the abbreviation Hu means "fence used to catch fish". The other abbreviation Shen is an ancient Shanghai ruler's name. (See fr:Shanghaï#Nom) --Menchi 00:45, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Chinese name systems are an enduring mystery. Perhaps someone could write an article about them. Adam 05:03, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)