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Ganzhou

Syllables: Gan·zhou/ˌɡɑnˈd͡ʒoʊ/

Ganzhou proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

Proper noun

Ganzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
    • Most leather pillows, letter paper, envelopes, enamelware, fans, and water pipes come from Ganzhou and are of the highest quality. The stationery from Ganzhou is made of paper manufactured in China; that from Mei County is made with foreign paper.1990, Mao Zedong, translated by Roger Thompson, Report from Xunwu, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 71
    • The man from the southern city of Ganzhou had been treated in Venezuela on Jan. 28 before returning home on Feb. 5 via Hong Kong and the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement.2016 February 10, “China reports first case of imported Zika virus”, in AP News, archived from the original on 31 May 2022

Forms of Ganzhou

alternative formKanchow

Origin of Ganzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 贛州 /赣州 (Gànzhōu).

Questions about Ganzhou

What does Ganzhou mean?
Ganzhou means a prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
What part of speech is Ganzhou?
Ganzhou is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ganzhou?
Ganzhou is pronounced /ˌɡɑnˈd͡ʒoʊ/.

Words near Ganzhou in the dictionary

  1. ganzfeld effect
  2. ganzfeld effects
  3. ganzfeld experiment
  4. ganzfeld experiments
  5. ganzfelds
  6. Ganzhou
  7. ganzies
  8. ganzy
  9. ganzá
  10. ganzás
  11. gao

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