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Bund

Bund

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A famous riverside area in Shanghai with old colonial buildings
  • proper noun
: Bund
  • Every evening, tourists flock to the Bund to enjoy the picturesque skyline of Shanghai.

Examples

  • Shanghai's premier white-collar pugilism event, Brawl on the Bund, is back for its seventh go around the ring on December 1st at The Kerry Hotel.

    Blog text (3)

  • She had felt something special the moment he walked into her small apartment off the Bund.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Now I am on The Bund.

    Lulu the Movie (2016)

  • Maybe he just chose a really rainy day for a walk along the Bund.

    Blog text (14)

  • On the Bund, it was the brass lions in front of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Shanghaiist spoke with Brawl on the Bund founder Shane Benis about what spectators can expect from this year's event.

    Blog text (3)

  • The Pudong area, and especially the Luijiazui financial district, across the Huangpu River from downtown Shanghai's famous Bund, is fast becoming a skyscraper center of the Eastern Hemisphere.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The Bund is renowned for its stunning colonial architecture and vibrant waterfront views.

  • Walking along the Bund, you can see both historic buildings and modern skyscrapers reflecting in the Huangpu River.

Surface Forms

Bund main

Etymology

Bund comes from an old Persian and South Asian word band/bund, meaning 'dam' or 'embankment'. So the Bund in Shanghai is literally the river 'embankment' or riverbank where people walk to see the city.