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Yushu

Syllables: Yu·shu

Yushu proper noun: a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai, China.

Proper noun

Yushu

  1. A Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai, China.
    • Going among the masses, members of the meteorological station of Nangchien County in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, gathered 150 folk proverbs on weather changes and edited a meteorological chart of different seasons for agriculture and animal husbandry.1975 April 4 [1975 April 4], “Tsinghai Province Makes Advances in Meteorological Work”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 66, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
    • Tenzin Sherab (pictured) was the oldest of five siblings from a village in Chumarleb (Chinese: Qumarleb/Qumalai), Yushu (Kyegu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (the Tibetan area of Kham). According to exile Tibetan sources, his nomad family had been resettled to Chumarleb under the Chinese...2013 May 29, “Tibetan nomad self-immolates and dies in Yushu”, in International Campaign for Tibet, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2013
  2. A county-level city of the Yushu autonomous region, Qinghai, China.

Origin of Yushu

From Mandarin 玉樹 /玉树 (Yùshù).

Questions about Yushu

What does Yushu mean?
Yushu means a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai, China.
What part of speech is Yushu?
Yushu is a proper noun.

Words near Yushu in the dictionary

  1. Yushe
  2. yusheng
  3. yushkinite
  4. yusho
  5. Yusho disease
  6. Yushu
  7. Yushui
  8. Yusko
  9. Yuskos
  10. Yussuf
  11. Yussufs

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