Ezhou

See also: Èzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• E'zhou (misspelling)
• O-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂州 (Èzhōu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌˈd͡ʒoʊ/

Proper noun

Ezhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
   • [1947 [1083], Su Tung-po, “Letter to Chu Kang-shu, Chief Magistrate of Ochow”, in Lin Yutang, Rhoda Hoff, editors, China: Adventures in Eyewitness History‎^[1], Henry Z. Walck, published 1965, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:

     Tienlin said to me that in the district of Yochow and Ochow [Wuchang], the poor farmers as a rule raise only two sons and one daughter, and kill babies at birth beyond this number.]

   • 2020 January 23, Adam Taylor, “Wuhan: The Chinese mega-city at the center of coronavirus outbreak”, in The Washington Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 23, 2020, Asia‎^[3]:

     The neighboring city of Huanggang, which has a population of roughly 6 million, said it would join Wuhan’s quarantine from midnight on Thursday. The nearby city of Ezhou, home to 1 million people, has also shut down its railway stations.

   • 2023 February 8, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu, “China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 February 2023‎^[5]:

     The building, on the outskirts of Ezhou, a city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, is hailed as the world’s biggest free-standing pig farm, with a second, identical hog high-rise opening soon.

Synonyms

• Wu-chang (historical)

Translations

prefecture-level city in central China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鄂州 (zh) (Èzhōu)

• Japanese: 鄂州 (がくしゅう,gakushū)

See also

• E, an ancient kingdom in the area

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ezhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1190, column 3

Anagrams

• Houze, Huezo