Baishui
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See also: báishuǐ
English
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白水 (Báishuǐ).
Proper noun
Baishui
- A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
- 1998 November 6, “China Food Poisoning Strikes 260”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-04-07:
- Mourners fell ill Sunday in Baishui, a rural county northwest of the provincial capital, Xi’an. Four remained in serious condition, the report said.
- 2015, Tang Lu, “Experience: Understanding and Reporting India”, in Robin Jeffrey, Ronojoy Sen, editors, Media at Work in China and India: Discovering and Dissecting, SAGE Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 101:
- It was my good fortune around this time also to be selected as vice-governor for a year in Baishui county, recognized as a Chinese National Poverty County, located in Shaanxi province of China.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Baishui”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 280, column 2