Dazhou

See also: dàzhōu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 達州／达州 (Dázhōu).

Proper noun

Dazhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
    • 2001, Deng Tianmei (邓天梅), Sichuan (四川) (Introduction to West China Series (中国西部开发丛书))‎, Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 132:
      In the direction of Shaanxi, a high-grade road will be built between Sichuan's Dazhou City and Wanyuan City (close to Shaanxi).
    • 2010, Crossley, Pamela Kyle, The Wobbling Pivot, China Since 1800: An Interpretive History‎, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:
      Dazhou, Sichuan, has for years been showing the stress of popular anger against its mining industries, prostitu- tion rings, drug problems and a poorly managed outbreak of avian flu.
    • 2013 September 15, “China road accident kills 16 including 11 students”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 09 June 2022:
      A passenger bus collided with a truck and plunged into a riverbed in southwest China, killing 16 people including 11 students, authorities said.
      The accident happened on Sunday afternoon in a village in Dazhou city in Sichuan province.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Dazhou.

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