Quwo
Syllables: Qu·wo
Quwo proper noun: a county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
Proper noun
Quwo
- A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
- It was a whole day's journey from I-ch'eng to Chü-wo which, in turn, is about 60 li east of Chiang Chou — one of the most important cities in southern Shansi and a center for curio-dealers. At this city, the Fêng River turns westward. While we were in Chü-wo, we decided to pay a visit to Chiang...[1927, Chi Li, “Archaeological Survey of the Fêng River Valley, Southern Shansi, China”, in Explorations and Field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1926 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections)...
- The site producing the paleolithic stone artifacts at Xigou, Licun Village, Quwo County, Shanxi Province was discovered and trial-excavated in 1956.1980, Atlas of Primitive Man in China, Beijing: Science Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 81
Forms of Quwo
| alternative form | Chuwo |
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Origin of Quwo
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 曲沃 (Qūwò).
Questions about Quwo
- What does Quwo mean?
- Quwo means a county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
- What part of speech is Quwo?
- Quwo is a proper noun.
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