Fa-lan-sai-side

Chinese Pidgin English

Etymology

Fa-lan-sai +‎ -side

Proper noun

Fa-lan-sai-side

  1. Shanghai French Concession

References
  • Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 105: “Fa-lan-sai: French; Francais. “fa-Ian-sai-side”[sic]; the French Concession, Shanghai.”
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