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Tan-chou

Tan-chou is the alternative form of Danzhou.

Meaning of Danzhou

Proper noun

Danzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hainan, China.
    • A tornado has swept through Hainan island in southern China, killing eight people and injuring two others.
      The official Xinhua News Agency said the tornado struck Nada town in Danzhou city early Thursday morning.2019 August 29, “Tornado kills 8 on China’s Hainan island”, in AP News, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2022
    Synonyms:
    Tamchiu, Tamchow

Origin of Tan-chou

From Mandarin 儋州 (Dānzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-chou¹.

Questions about Tan-chou

What is Tan-chou the alternative form of?
Tan-chou is the alternative form of Danzhou.

Words near Tan-chou in the dictionary

  1. tan tracks
  2. tan up
  3. Tan-ag Ibaba
  4. Tan-ag Ilaya
  5. Tan-chiang-k'ou
  6. Tan-chou
  7. Tan-feng
  8. Tan-kea
  9. Tan-shui
  10. Tan-tung
  11. Tan-y-Bwlch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tan-chou (page history and authors); Danzhou (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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