Lei-chou
English
editEtymology
editFrom Mandarin 雷州 (Léizhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Lei²-chou¹.[1]
Proper noun
editLei-chou
- 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
editLeizhou — see Leizhou
References
edit- ^ Leizhou Peninsula, (Wade-Giles romanization) Lei-chou Pan-tao, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
edit- “Lei-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.