Longzhou
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editEtymology
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 龍州/龙州 (Lóngzhōu).
Proper noun
editLongzhou
- A county of Chongzuo, Guangxi, China.
- [1982, Roy M. Stanley II, “The Land War in China”, in Prelude to Pearl Harbor[1], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 124, column 1:
- Building up strength, the Japanese went on the offensive again on 12 March 1940. This time they attacked west toward Lungchou near the French Indochina border to threaten a flank attack on Chinese positions. Lungchou fell to Japanese troops on 2 July 1940, but a Chinese counterattack drove the Japanese back. Lungchou was in Chinese hands again on 28 October, and Nanning, on the 29th.]
- 2018 July 12, Xiaochen Sun, “Bordering on high adventure”, in China Daily[2], archived from the original on 12 July 2018, Sports[3]:
- Traversing forests and mountain streams, outdoor enthusiasts competing in the Raid International Adventure Race over the weekend were treated to a pristine countryside course along the China-Vietnam border in southwestern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region's Longzhou county.
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editFurther reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Longzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1777, column 2