Yangzhou
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See also: Yángzhōu
English
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 揚州／扬州 (Yángzhōu).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjæŋd͡ʒoʊ/, /ˈjɑŋd͡ʒoʊ/, enPR: yängʹjōʹ[1]
Proper noun
Yangzhou
- A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- Yangzhou fried rice
- 2021 August 3, “China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' amid return of Covid-19”, in France 24, archived from the original on 03 August 2021, Asia / Pacific:
- The eastern city of Yangzhou, near Nanjing, was the latest local government to order residents to stay home after large-scale testing detected 40 new infections over the past day.
The more than 1.3 million residents of Yangzhou's urban core are now confined to their homes, with each household allowed to send only one person outside per day to shop for necessities, the city government said Tuesday.
- 2022 November 30, “Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin dies aged 96”, in EFE, archived from the original on February 13, 2023:
- Jiang died of leukemia and multiple organ failure, Xinhua added.
The politician, who was born in the eastern town of Yangzhou in 1926, was appointed secretary-general of the CCP in 1989.
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Translations
a prefecture-level city in eastern China
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References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yangchow or Yang-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2115, column 2
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yangzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3515, column 1: “The city was formerly known as Jiangdu. Sometimes spelled Yang-chou or Yangchow.”
- “Yangzhou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Yangzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Yangzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.