Yangzhou
See also: Yángzhōu
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 揚州／扬州 (Yángzhōu).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjæŋd͡ʒoʊ/, /ˈjɑŋd͡ʒoʊ/, enPR: yängʹjōʹ[1]
Proper noun
Yangzhou
- A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- Yangzhou fried rice
- 2021 August 3, “China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' amid return of Covid-19”, in France 24, archived from the original on 03 August 2021, Asia / Pacific:
- The eastern city of Yangzhou, near Nanjing, was the latest local government to order residents to stay home after large-scale testing detected 40 new infections over the past day.
The more than 1.3 million residents of Yangzhou's urban core are now confined to their homes, with each household allowed to send only one person outside per day to shop for necessities, the city government said Tuesday.
Derived terms
Translations
a prefecture-level city in eastern China
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References
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yangchow or Yang-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2115, column 2
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yangzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3515, column 1
- “Yangzhou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Yangzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Yangzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
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