Wuzhou

See also: Wúzhōu and Wùzhōu

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 梧州 (Wúzhōu).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wo͞oʹjōʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Wu‧zhou

Proper noun

Wuzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
    • 2022 March 21, “Chinese Boeing jet crashes in mountains with 132 on board, no sign of survivors”, in Reuters‎[2], archived from the original on 21 March 2022‎[3]:
      The aircraft, with 123 passengers and nine crew on board, lost contact over the city of Wuzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the airline said.[...]Online weather data showed partly cloudy conditions with good visibility in Wuzhou at the time of the crash.

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Wuchow or Wu-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2107, column 3

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