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Etymology
From Mandarin 雷州 (Léizhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Lei²-chou¹.[1]
Proper noun
Lei-chou
- Alternative form of Leizhou
1967, Edward H. Schafer, The Vermilion Bird, University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30:At the opposite end of the province from the relatively cool northern hills was a long peninsula projecting towards the tropical island of Hainan — our modern atlases show it as Luichow. In T’ang times it was under the jurisdiction of Lei-chou.
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