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Wuxi

Syllables: Wu·xi/wuːˈʃiː/

Wuxi proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.

Proper noun (1)

Wuxi

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
    • Like most of the women in her village, Ren Riqing looks after children: “This is my nephew. His parents work far away in a factory in Wuxi. It’s not as strenuous as working here in the fields. I have a son and a daughter -- they’re also in Wuxi. If things go well, they come back once in two years....2008 January 30, Ren Riqing, quotee, “Urban Migrants Stranded in China”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2023
    • MedImmune, the Gaithersburg research arm of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, is making aggressive moves to expand its footprint in China.
      The company said Wednesday it plans to spend $50 million on another production facility in Wuxi, a city near Shanghai on China’s east coast.2015 December 16, Aaron Gregg, “MedImmune expands its footprint in China with new deal”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2015, Capital Business

Proper noun (2)

Wuxi

  1. A county of Chongqing, China.
    • The landslide on Tuesday demolished a five-story apartment building and two private hotels in Wuxi County in Sichuan Province.1987 September 7, “Landslide Toll in China Is 65”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, World, page 3

Wuxi meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

Wuxi in Arabic

a city of China
وُوشِي wušī

Wuxi in Vietnamese

a city of China
Vô Tích

Forms of Wuxi

alternative formWusih
alternative formWu-hsi
alternative formWuhsi
alternative formWuki
alternative formWu-ch'i

Origin of Wuxi

c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 無錫 /无锡 (Wúxī).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巫溪 (Wūxī).

Questions about Wuxi

What does Wuxi mean?
Wuxi means a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
What is Wuxi in Arabic?
Wuxi in Arabic is وُوشِي (wušī). See Wuxi meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Wuxi?
Wuxi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Wuxi?
Wuxi is pronounced /wuːˈʃiː/.

Words near Wuxi in the dictionary

  1. Wuwei
  2. wuweizidilactone
  3. wuweizisu
  4. Wuwuchim
  5. WUXGA
  6. Wuxi
  7. wuxia
  8. Wuxiang
  9. wuxing
  10. wuxtra
  11. wuxtry

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