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Shanghai

Shanghai |ˈ sh a ng ˈhī|
noun
a city on the eastern coast of China, a port on the estuary of the Yangtze River; pop. 7,780,000.
Until World War II, Shanghai contained areas of British, French, and American settlement. It was the site in 1921 of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

shanghai |ˈ sh a ng ˌhī| |ˈˈʃøŋˈˈhaɪ| |ʃaŋˈhʌɪ|
verb ( -hais |ˈˈʃøŋˈˈhaɪz|, -haied |-ˌhīd| |ˈˈʃøŋˈˈhaɪd|, -haiing |-ˌhī-i ng | |ˈˈʃøŋˈˈhaɪɪŋ|) [ trans. ]
historical
force (someone) to join a ship lacking a full crew by drugging them or using other underhanded means.

informal
coerce or trick (someone) into a place or position or into doing something : Brady shanghaied her into his Jaguar and roared off.

ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Shanghai.

Wiki

wi-ki |ˈwikē|
noun
a Web site that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.

ORIGIN coined by programmer Ward Cunningham (1949- ), from Hawaiian wiki-wiki ‘quick-quick.’

Shanghai, 上海, Sjanghai, Xangai, شانغهاي, :شانجهاى, Şanxay, Šanchajos, Горад Шанхай, Шанхай, সাংহাই, ཧྲང་ཧད, Šangaj, Xangai, Šanghaj, Шанхай, Σαγκάη, Ŝanhajo, Shanghái, :شانگهای, Shang-hai, Sông-hói, שאנגחאי, शंघाई, Šangaj, Sanghaj, Sjanghæ, 上海市, შანჰაი, Шанхай, 상하이 시, Шанхай, Šanchajus, Šanhaja, Шангај, Шанхай, शांघाय], Sjanghai, Шанхай, Szanghaj, Xangai, Schanghai, Šanghaj, Шангај, சாங்காய், Шанхай, เซี่ยงไฮ้, Şanghay, شاڭخەي شەھىرى, Шанхай, شنگھائی, Shanxay, Siangai, Thượng Hải, שאנכיי, Sanghaij, 上海市, Siōng-hái-chhī, 上海.