Changzhou

• (from Wade–Giles) Ch'ang-chou
• Changchow

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 常州 (Chángzhōu).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæŋ.d͡ʒoʊ/, /t͡ʃɒŋ-/, enPR: chängʹjōʹ

Changzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu, China.
   • [1970, Lee, Tsung-ying, “EASTERN DIARY”, in Eastern Horizon‎, volume IX, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

     The Cultural Revolution paved the way for the full implementation of Chairman Mao’s whole set of principles of ‘walking on two legs’, and in the fair one saw many of the advanced industrial products on display which were actually manufactured by medium-sized and small enterprises. A precision self-balancing capacitor bridge was, for example, made by a small plant in Changchou, a small railway town in Kiangsu Province.]

   • 2016 August 31, Zhao, Kiki, “Chinese School With Mass Illness Is Deemed Safe, but Many Doubt Findings”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 August 2016, Asia Pacific‎:

     In a brief announcement late last week, the Changzhou city government said that investigators had concluded that the air, soil and water at the school were safe after conducting tests from April 19 to May 20.

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• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Changzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 726, column 3