Lei-chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 雷州 (Léizhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Lei²-chou¹.

Proper noun

Lei-chou

1. Alternative form of Leizhou
   • 1967, Edward H. Schafer, The Vermilion Bird‎^[1], University of California Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 30:

     At the opposite end of the province from the relatively cool northern hills was a long peninsula projecting towards the tropical island of Hainan — our modern atlases show it as Luichow. In T’ang times it was under the jurisdiction of Lei-chou.

Translations

Leizhou — see Leizhou

Further reading

• “Lei-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.