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Changchow

Changchow is the alternative spelling of Changzhou.

Changchow is the alternative spelling of Zhangzhou.

Meaning of Changzhou

Proper noun (1)

Changzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China.
    • The Cultural Revolution paved the way for the full implementation of Chairman Mao’s whole set of principles of ‘walking on two legs’, and in the fair one saw many of the advanced industrial products on display which were actually manufactured by medium-sized and small enterprises. A precision...[1970, Tsung-ying Lee, “EASTERN DIARY”, in Eastern Horizon, volume IX, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2
    Synonyms:
    Wutsin

Proper noun (2)

Changzhou

  1. A district of Wuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
  2. An island of Huangpu district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Meaning of Zhangzhou

Proper noun

Zhangzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in southern Fujian, China.
    • ``It looked as if the winds would carry you away the minute you stepped outside,″ the newspaper quoted Ding Jianmu, an official with the city government in Zhangzhou, another Fujian city, as saying.
    • Seven people in Zhangzhou were killed by collapsing buildings and walls. Another five died in Xiamen and 18 were killed in the nearby city of Quanzhou.1999 October 11, “Typhoon Leaves 30 Dead in China”, in AP News, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022
    Synonyms:
    Changchew, Chiangchew, Tsiang-tsiu, Lungki

Questions about Changchow

What is Changchow the alternative spelling of?
Changchow is the alternative spelling of Changzhou.

Words near Changchow in the dictionary

  1. changbaiite
  2. changchengite
  3. Changchien
  4. Changchiens
  5. Changchou
  6. Changchow
  7. Changchun
  8. Changde
  9. change
  10. change a word, get a third
  11. change agent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Changchow (page history and authors); Changzhou (page history and authors); Zhangzhou (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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