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Gulou

Syllables: Gu·lou

Gulou proper noun: a district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

Proper noun

Gulou

  1. A district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
    • The Christian hospital, University Hospital at Kulou, Nanking, was described as going on with its medical and evangelistic work, a most interesting feature of which was the work for the reclamation through faith and prayer of narcotic addicts, conducted by Mr. Glazier of the China Inland Mission.[1942 August, P. Frank Price, “A Notable Issue of The Chinese Christian Intelligencer”, in The Presbyterian Survey, volume 32, number 8, Presbyterian Church in the United States, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
    • The city’s main thoroughfare, Chungshanlu, traverses the walled area from Siakwan to the Chungshan hills, east of Nanking. It passes the Kulou district, an area of parks and residences, and Hsinchiehkow, the central business district.[1972, Theodore Shabad, “The Lower Yangtze Plain”, in China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 140
  2. A district of Kaifeng, Henan, China.

Examples of Gulou in a sentence

  • This portion of this chapter will focus on election work in two of those districts, Baixia and Gulou.1990, Barrett L. McCormick, “Elections to Local People's Congresses”, in Political Reform in Post-Mao China: Democracy and Bureaucracy in a...
  • Nanjing Gulou University Science Park (NGUSP) is jointly initiated by Nanjing University (NJU) and the government of Gulou District of Nanjing.2004, “Nanjing Gulou University Science Park”, in Building a Successful Plant in China, Singapore: China Knowledge Press, →ISBN, →OCLC...

Origin of Gulou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鼓樓 /鼓楼 (Gǔlóu).

Questions about Gulou

What does Gulou mean?
Gulou means a district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
How do you use Gulou in a sentence?
This portion of this chapter will focus on election work in two of those districts, Baixia and Gulou.
What part of speech is Gulou?
Gulou is a proper noun.

Words near Gulou in the dictionary

  1. gulose
  2. guloses
  3. gulosity
  4. Gulotta
  5. Gulottas
  6. Gulou
  7. gulp
  8. gulp down
  9. gulp up
  10. gulpable
  11. gulped

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