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Tengzhou

Syllables: Teng·zhou

Tengzhou proper noun: a county-level city of Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.

Proper noun

Tengzhou

  1. A county-level city of Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.
    • Zhang Shijun’s letter issued earlier this month urged Chinese president Hu Jintao to “use his wisdom” to officially reassess the “June Fourth tragedy, the event in China’s recent history that causes bitter weeping and choking back tears.”
      He was taken away by police from his home in Tengzhou...2009 March 20, Lucy Hornby, “Soldier who spoke on Tiananmen detained: rights group”, in Jerry Norton, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022, World News
    • Mr. Qi was originally detained after he wrote a series of articles in the state-run media detailing corruption among local party officials in the city of Tengzhou.2011 July 29, Andrew Jacobs, “China Jails Journalist Who Reported on Corruption”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2012, ASIA PACIFIC
    Synonyms:
    Teng County

Synonyms of Tengzhou

Origin of Tengzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 滕州 (Téngzhōu).

Questions about Tengzhou

What does Tengzhou mean?
Tengzhou means a county-level city of Zaozhuang, Shandong, China.
What part of speech is Tengzhou?
Tengzhou is a proper noun.

Words near Tengzhou in the dictionary

  1. Tengs
  2. tengu
  3. tengus
  4. tengwa
  5. tengwar
  6. Tengzhou
  7. Tenharim
  8. Tenhoff
  9. Tenhoffs
  10. tenia
  11. teniacidal

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