Suchow

Proper noun (1)

Suzhou

1. 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

   Synonyms:

   Wu, Gusu, Helu City

2. A new district in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
3. An industrial park in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
4. 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

5. (historical) Su, a former imperial prefecture in modern Jiangsu, China, surrounding the city.

Proper noun (2)

Suzhou

1. 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

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Proper noun (1)

Xuzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in northwestern Jiangsu, China.
   • T’ung-shan County in the Hsüchou district of Kiangsu was apparently famous for nonglutenous rice during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties (third century B.C. to third century A.D.).[1980, Elizabeth J. Perry, Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25

   Synonyms:

   Tongshan

Proper noun (2)

Xuzhou

1. (historical) A former name of Yibin, a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China, at the confluence of the Min and Yangtze rivers.
2. A district of Yibin, Sichuan, China.