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Chaochou

Chaochou is the alternative form of Chaozhou.

Meaning of Chaozhou

Proper noun

Chaozhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China.
    • Located in the port city Chaozhou in Guangdong province, the project involves a first phase investment of 8 billion yuan ($1.22 billion) and is expected to start operations in 2023, according to state-backed China News and Chaozhou city government-backed Chaozhou News on Monday.2020 December 21, “Private firm Huaying to build 6 million T LNG terminal in southern China”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2020, Energy & Environment
    Synonyms:
    Chiuchow, Chaochowfu
  2. An urban township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
    • Prosecutors said Chou, a Kuomintang (KMT) member, paid a first installment of NT$1.5 million at his home on Sept. 1 to Chaozhou Township Mayor Chou Pin-chuan (周品全), per CNA. A couple of weeks later, he gave the mayor and his secretary, surnamed Chen (陳), an additional NT$3.5 million.2024 February 22, Matthew Strong, “Prosecutors charge Taiwan council speaker with buying signatures for Foxconn founder”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2024, Politics

Origin of Chaochou

Borrowed from Mandarin 潮州 (Cháozhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻao²-chou¹.

Questions about Chaochou

What is Chaochou the alternative form of?
Chaochou is the alternative form of Chaozhou.

Words near Chaochou in the dictionary

  1. Chaobi
  2. chaoborid
  3. chaoborids
  4. chaoborine
  5. Chaoching
  6. Chaochou
  7. Chaochow
  8. Chaochowfu
  9. chaogenous
  10. Chaohu
  11. chaoite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chaochou (page history and authors); Chaozhou (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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