Xuzhou
See also: Xùzhōu
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 徐州 (Xúzhōu), from a former prefecture administered from the city.
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editXuzhou
- A prefecture-level city in northwestern Jiangsu, China.
- [1980, Elizabeth J. Perry, Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945[2], Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25:
- T’ung-shan County in the Hsüchou district of Kiangsu was apparently famous for nonglutenous rice during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties (third century B.C. to third century A.D.).]
- 2019 July 14, “China detains another Canadian citizen amid diplomatic tension”, in Deutsche Welle[3], archived from the original on 14 July 2019, News[4]:
- Earlier this week, 16 foreign teachers and three Chinese were arrested on drug charges at a local language school in Xuzhou, around 370 miles (600 kilometers) southwest of Yantai. On Friday, the British embassy in Beijing said four of its nationals had been arrested Jiangsu province, where Xuzhou is located.
- 2020 July 30, Keith Bradsher, “China Tries Its Favorite Economic Cure: More Construction”, in The New York Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-07-30[6]:
- To that end, he said, he planned an overhaul of the company’s ownership this autumn. The city of Xuzhou would retain 34 percent ownership in the company while surrounding Jiangsu Province would obtain 17 percent.
Synonyms
editTranslations
edita prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xuzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3506, column 2
Etymology 2
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 敘州/叙州 (Xùzhōu), from a former prefecture administered from the city.
Alternative forms
editProper noun
editXuzhou
- (historical) A former name of Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China, at the confluence of the Min and Yangtze rivers.
- A district of Yibin, Sichuan, China.
References
edit- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Süchow or Hsü-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1837, column 2
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