Leizhou
See also: Léizhōu
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Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雷州 (Léizhōu).
Proper noun edit
Leizhou
- A peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
- A county-level city in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
- 2010 May 12, Lucy Hornby, Huang Yan, “Factbox: Attacks on Chinese schools this year”, in Jeremy Laurence, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 15 May 2022, World News[2]:
- APRIL 28, GUANGDONG PROVINCE
Chen Kangbing, 33, broke into a primary school in Leizhou, Guangdong province, and stabbed 16 students and one teacher with a knife. He had been laid off as a teacher at a nearby school district.
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Translations edit
county-level city in Guangdong, China
Further reading edit
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Luichow Peninsula”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[3], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1095, column 1
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Leizhou Peninsula”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1712, column 3