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Ku-su

Ku-su is the alternative form of Gusu.

Meaning of Gusu

Proper noun

Gusu

  1. A district of modern Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown.
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  2. Mount Gusu, a mountain near Suzhou
    Synonyms:
    Gusu District, Mount Gusu, Gusushan, Gusu Shan, Suzhou & numerous others
  3. (historical) The capital of the state of Wu during the Zhou dynasty; a former city located at the site of present-day Suzhou
  4. (literary, metonymically) Modern Suzhou itself

Origin of Ku-su

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 姑蘇 /姑苏 (Gūsū).

Questions about Ku-su

What is Ku-su the alternative form of?
Ku-su is the alternative form of Gusu.

Words near Ku-su in the dictionary

  1. Ku-ling
  2. Ku-ring-gai
  3. Ku-ring-gai Chase
  4. Ku-shan
  5. Ku-shih
  6. Ku-su
  7. kuai
  8. Kuaichi
  9. Kuaiji
  10. Kuajok
  11. kuaka

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Ku-su (page history and authors); Gusu (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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