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Wuzhai

Syllables: Wu·zhai

Wuzhai proper noun: a county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Wuzhai

  1. A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
    • This specimen (No. 2040) bears a notation to the effect that the actual collection was made by a Chinese railroad inspector, Tchuang Kieh. in September 1922 at Wu Chai Hsien, Shansi Province, China, at an elevation of 6,000 to 9,000 feet. The specimen was identified as a form of Lespedeza bicolor...[1952 March, Franklin J. Crider, Natob—A New Bush Lespedeza For Soil Conservation, number 900, Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 2
    • On leaving Shenchi, the way lay up a wide valley, on a good road. Then we took to the hills in Wuzhai (Wuchai) county, winding amongst mountain ridges, until we came to Hequ (Hochu) county, where there were more mountains, wild serrated loess country, but everywhere trees and then more trees.1979 January, Rewi Alley, “Yanbei and Xinxian Prefectures in 1978”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 1

Origin of Wuzhai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 五寨 (Wǔzhài).

Questions about Wuzhai

What does Wuzhai mean?
Wuzhai means a county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
What part of speech is Wuzhai?
Wuzhai is a proper noun.

Words near Wuzhai in the dictionary

  1. Wuywurrung
  2. Wuywurung
  3. wuz
  4. wuzeer
  5. wuzeers
  6. Wuzhai
  7. Wuzhi
  8. Wuzhishan
  9. Wuzhong
  10. Wuzhou
  11. wuzn't

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