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Jishou

Syllables: Ji·shou

Jishou proper noun: a county-level city of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China.

Proper noun

Jishou

  1. A county-level city of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China.
    • A rigorous 15-hour train ride from Hunan's capital city, Changsha, to the prefectural seat of Jishou, a shabby rural town of muddy streets and few cars, followed by a 90-minute drive on a snakelike strip of macadam through mountains, brings a voyager to Fenghuang.1988 July 10, Edward A. Gargan, “Where Two Worlds Meet in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2011, Section 19, page 5

Origin of Jishou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉首 (Jíshǒu).

Questions about Jishou

What does Jishou mean?
Jishou means a county-level city of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China.
What part of speech is Jishou?
Jishou is a proper noun.

Words near Jishou in the dictionary

  1. jirtig
  2. JIS
  3. jisei
  4. Jishan
  5. Jishnu
  6. Jishou
  7. Jishui
  8. jislaaik
  9. jism
  10. jisms
  11. Jisr al-Shughur

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