Yangzhou

See also: Yángzhōu

English

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 揚州 / 扬州 (Yángzhōu).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /jæŋˈd͡ʒoʊ/, /jɑŋˈd͡ʒoʊ/
  • enPR: ˈyäŋ-ˈjō[1], yängʹjōʹ[2][3]
  • Rhymes: -əʊ
  • Hyphenation: Yang‧zhou

Proper noun

Yangzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
    Yangzhou fried rice
    • 2013 October 16, “Machine tool manufacturer Trumpf acquires Chinese rival JFY”, in Deutsche Welle[2], archived from the original on 13 June 2021, Business‎[3]:
      Jiangsu Jinfangyuan manufactures machine tools for sheet metal processing, and is said to be the Chinese market leader for punching and bending machines. The company, which is based in Yangzhou, was privatized in 1997 and currently employs about 700 people. Sales reached about 70 million euros ($94.7 million) last year.
    • 2021 August 3, “China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' amid return of Covid-19”, in France 24[4], archived from the original on 03 August 2021, Asia / Pacific‎[5]:
      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.
    • 2022 November 30, “Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin dies aged 96”, in EFE[6], archived from the original on 13 February 2023[7]:
      Jiang died of leukemia and multiple organ failure, Xinhua added.
      The politician, who was born in the eastern town of Yangzhou in 1926, was appointed secretary-general of the CCP in 1989.

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References

  1. ^ Yangzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ Yangzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
  3. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yangchow or Yang-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2115, column 2

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