Luzhou

See also: lǜzhōu

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潞州.

Proper noun

Luzhou

1. A district of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潞州 (Lùzhōu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瀘州／泸州 (Lúzhōu).

Alternative forms

• Lu-chou (Wade–Giles)
• Luchow

Proper noun

Luzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
   • 1988, K. Mark Stevens, George E. Wehrfritz, edited by Paddy Booz, Southwest China: Off the Beaten Track‎^[1], Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 201:

     Luzhou 泸州
     Luzhou, 143 kilometers east of Yibin, sits at the confluence of the Yangzi and the Tuo Jiang rivers. The main attraction in Lushan is Yunfeng Si (Cloud Peak Temple), (云峰寺) which is said to be large and beautiful. Luzhou is accessible by bus from Yibin and by boat from both Yibin and Chongqing.

   • 2021 September 16, “China launches emergency response after quake kills at least three”, in Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 September 2021, China:

     Sichuan's earthquake relief headquarters activated a level-II response, the Xinhua news agency reported, the second-highest in China's four-tier emergency response system.
     Luzhou City launched a level-I emergency response.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Luzhou.

Translations

prefecture-level city in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瀘州／泸州 (zh) (Lúzhōu)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Luzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1810, column 3