Soochow
Soochow is the alternative form of Suzhou.
Meaning of Suzhou
Proper noun (1)
Suzhou
- A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Yangtze River.
- The number of people killed in the collapse of an annex of a hotel in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou has climbed to 17, local authorities reported Wednesday, according to state news agency Xinhua.2021 July 14, “China hotel collapse death toll climbs to 17: reports”, in EFE, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2021
- A new district in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- An industrial park in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
- Synonym of Suzhou Creek: A river in Shanghai municipality and Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Huangpu River; despite its name, it is 78 miles long.
- Synonyms:
- Wusong, Suzhou Creek
- Su, a former imperial prefecture in modern Jiangsu, China, surrounding the city.
Proper noun (2)
Suzhou
- A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- There were more than 200 reported cases in Anhui's Suzhou city on Monday. Since the outbreak was detected on June 26, the province has reported more than 1,000 cases, according to the Suzhou municipal government.2022 July 5, Zixu Wang, “Covid Outbreak Emerges in China’s Anhui Province”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2022, The Coronavirus Pandemic
Origin of Soochow
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 蘇州 /苏州 (Sūzhōu).
Words formed from Soochow
Phrases with Soochow
Questions about Soochow
- What is Soochow the alternative form of?
- Soochow is the alternative form of Suzhou.
Words near Soochow in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Soochow (page history and authors); Suzhou (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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