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Yazhou

Syllables: Ya·zhou

Yazhou proper noun: a district of Sanya, Hainan, China.

Proper noun

Yazhou

  1. A district of Sanya, Hainan, China.
    • The Nanshan Port Public Scientific Research Wharf, the first of its kind in China, is now under construction in Yazhou district in Hainan province’s southernmost city of Sanya, according to industry publication China Shipping News.
    • Yazhou is home to Hainan’s largest fishing port, China’s closest harbour to the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.2021 November 11, Laura Zhou, “Chinese research wharf being built near largest fishing port on South China Sea”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2021...

Origin of Yazhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崖州 (Yázhōu).

Questions about Yazhou

What does Yazhou mean?
Yazhou means a district of Sanya, Hainan, China.
What part of speech is Yazhou?
Yazhou is a proper noun.

Words near Yazhou in the dictionary

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  3. Yazgulyam
  4. Yazgulyami
  5. yazh
  6. Yazhou
  7. yazhs
  8. Yazidi
  9. yazidiat
  10. Yazidiness
  11. Yazidis

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