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Bozhou

Syllables: Bo·zhou

Bozhou proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

Proper noun

Bozhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
    • Han Shan-t’ung of Pochou, the leading White Lotus propagandist in northern Anhwei, advertised himself to his followers as a descendant of the artist-emperor Sung Hui-tsung (r. 1100-25), whose capture by the Jurchen invaders had ended the Northern Sung dynasty (960-1126).[1982, Edward L. Dreyer, “The Rise of the Ming Empire, 1352–1368”, in Early Ming China: A Political History, 1355–1435, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 17
    • In the meantime, LGFVs like Anhui Bozhou Jianan Investment Holding Co Ltd, the financing vehicle for the Bozhou city government in Anhui province, one of China's poorest regions, will continue to struggle to service per capita debt that stood at about 3,100 yuan in 2013 from per capita revenue of...2015 March 9, Koh Gui Qing, Matthew Miller, Beijing Newsroom, Nate Taplin, Pete Sweeney, “China's deficit plans put squeeze on local government financing”, in John Mair, Will Waterman, editors...

Forms of Bozhou

alternative formPo-chou

Origin of Bozhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 亳州 (Bózhōu).

Questions about Bozhou

What does Bozhou mean?
Bozhou means a prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
What part of speech is Bozhou?
Bozhou is a proper noun.

Words near Bozhou in the dictionary

  1. Bozek
  2. Bozeks
  3. Bozeman
  4. Bozemans
  5. Bozes
  6. Bozhou
  7. Bozic
  8. Bozics
  9. Bozieni
  10. Bozioru
  11. Bozman

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