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Wen-Chou

Wen-Chou is the alternative form of Wenzhou.

Meaning of Wenzhou

Proper noun

Wenzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China.
    • The issue of land ownership rights came into focus in Wenzhou in April after the local government demanded that homeowners whose land-use rights had expired after 20 years pay fees of up to a third of the value of their homes before they could sell their apartments. The decision provoked protests...2016 December 26, Sui-Lee Wee, “China Reassures Homeowners Worried About Land Rights”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2016, Business
    Synonyms:
    Yongjia, Yung-chia

Proper noun capitalized: Wen-chou

Wen-chou

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Wenzhou.
    • Many images accompanied the emperor's party in early 1130 when it fled Kiangnan by sea and took refuge in Wen-chou, on the Chekiang coast.2006, Mark Halperin, Out of the Cloister: Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153

Origin of Wen-Chou

From Mandarin 溫州／温州 (Wēnzhōu) Wade-Giles romanization: Wên¹-Chou¹.

From Mandarin 溫州 /温州 (Wēnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Wên¹-chou¹.

Questions about Wen-Chou

What is Wen-Chou the alternative form of?
Wen-Chou is the alternative form of Wenzhou.
What part of speech is Wen-Chou?
Wen-Chou is a proper noun.

Words near Wen-Chou in the dictionary

  1. Wemyss
  2. Wemyss Bay
  3. Wemysses
  4. wen
  5. Wen'an
  6. Wen-Chou
  7. Wen-su
  8. Wenami
  9. WENAO
  10. Wenatchee
  11. Wence

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Wen-Chou (page history and authors); Wen-chou (page history and authors); Wenzhou (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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