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Teng-chou

Teng-chou is the obsolete form of Dengzhou.

Teng-chou is the alternative form of Dengzhou.

Meaning of Dengzhou

Proper noun (1)

Dengzhou

  1. A county-level city of Nanyang, Henan, China.
    • According to Ying Mingquan (director of the People’s Armed Forces Department of Dengzhou Municipality, Henan Province, and standing member of the Dengzhou Municipal Party Committee), a military standing member should play three roles: the role of publicist (xuanchuan yuan), the role of a military...2007, Civil-Military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea, M.E.Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120

Proper noun (2)

Dengzhou

  1. (obsolete) The city of Penglai in Shandong in China.
    • Penglai, formerly Dengzhou, is an attractive place on the coast with a fine fortified harbour that is currently being restored. It is accessible from the city of Yantai, which has a convenient airport.2009, Stephen Turnbull, “The Sites Today”, in Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC–AD 1644, Osprey Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62

Origin of Teng-chou

From Mandarin 登州 (Dēngzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Têng¹-chou¹.

From Mandarin 鄧州 /邓州 (Dèngzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Têng⁴-chou¹.

Questions about Teng-chou

What is Teng-chou the obsolete form of?
Teng-chou is the obsolete form of Dengzhou.

Words near Teng-chou in the dictionary

  1. tenfolds
  2. tenfoot
  3. tenfoots
  4. Teng
  5. Teng County
  6. Teng-chou
  7. Teng-feng
  8. tenga
  9. Tengchong
  10. tengchongite
  11. Tengchow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Teng-chou (page history and authors); Dengzhou (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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