Meaning of Shushan | Babel Free
/ˈˈʃuːˌʃɑn/Definitions
- A surname.
- A district of Hefei, Anhui, China.
- Susa, Shush (the ancient capital of Elam, in modern Iran).
Examples
“The cardiovascular prevention progrm was undertaken in two phases: a pilot phase in the Heyedi community in Shushan district of Hefei City and a wider implementation phase, in which the program was implemented in a further seven communities [62].”
“In order to ensure judgmental fairness and justice, lawyers required the court to investigate the act of Hefei National security, to look into their responsibilities and to release two parties on the spot. On December 12, 2014, Shushan District opened a court session to sentence Yao with one year and ten months of imprisonment.”
“13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, Let it bee granted to the Iewes which are in Shushan, to doe to morow also, according vnto this dayes decree, and let Hamans ten sonnes be hanged vpon the gallous. 14 And the king commanded it so to be done; and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes. 15 For the Iewes that were in Shushan, gathered themselues together on the fourteenth day also of the moneth Adar, and slewe three hundred men at Shushan: but on the pray they laid not their hand.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.