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旧金山

舊金山
Jiù jīn shān

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Jiù jīn shān
  1. 1.San Francisco, California

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  1. 1.San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

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Etymology

The name refers to the gold rush in the 19th century, and "old" is in comparison to the "New Gold Mountain" (新金山 (Xīnjīnshān)) of Melbourne, Australia. (金山 (jīnshān) is being used loosely for any place of great chances for wealth in a similar fashion to the English "gold mine".)

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