Ezhou
See also: Èzhōu
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- E'zhou (misspelling)
- O-chou (Wade–Giles)
Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂州 (Èzhōu).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ezhou
- 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.]
- 2023 February 8, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu, “China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 February 2023[3]:
- 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 edit
- Wu-chang (historical)
Translations edit
prefecture-level city in central China
See also edit
- E, an ancient kingdom in the area
Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ezhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1190, column 3