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Changzhou

Syllables: Chang·zhou/t͡ʃæŋ.d͡ʒoʊ/

Changzhou proper noun: a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China.

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
    • Ch’ü was born on January 29, 1899, in a small room in the family residence in the southern portion of Changchow, a relatively small city in Kiangsu province.[1981, Paul G. Pickowicz, “Youth in Changchow”, in Marxist Literary Thought in China: The Influence of Ch’ü Ch’iu-pai, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1
    Synonyms:
    Wutsin

Proper noun (2)

Changzhou

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

Changzhou meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

Changzhou in Arabic

a city of China
تْشَانْغْجُو tšanḡjū

Changzhou in Vietnamese

a city of China
Thường Châu

Synonyms of Changzhou

Forms of Changzhou

alternative formCh'ang-chou
alternative formChangchow

Origin of Changzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 常州 (Chángzhōu).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長洲 /长洲 (Chángzhōu).

Questions about Changzhou

What does Changzhou mean?
Changzhou means a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China.
What is Changzhou in Arabic?
Changzhou in Arabic is تْشَانْغْجُو (tšanḡjū). See Changzhou meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Changzhou?
Changzhou is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Changzhou?
Changzhou is pronounced /t͡ʃæŋ.d͡ʒoʊ/.

Words near Changzhou in the dictionary

  1. Changyang
  2. Changyeh
  3. Changyi
  4. Changyuan
  5. Changzhi
  6. Changzhou
  7. Changzi
  8. changüí
  9. Chanhe
  10. Chania
  11. Chanice

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