Huangzhou

English

Alternative forms

(postal romanization) Hwangchow
(obsolete) Hoang-tcheou
(from Wade–Giles) Huang-chou

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃州／黄州 (Huángzhōu).

Proper noun

Huangzhou

A district of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
- [1738, “PROVINCE VI. HU-QUANG.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎, volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. Du Halde, →OCLC, page 100:
  The Eighth City, Whang-chew-few.
  THE Situation of this City on the Yang-tſe-kyang, its ſmall Diſtance from the Capital, and the Number of Lakes wherewith it is ſurrounded, renders it a delightful Habitation.]
- 1988, Ching, Frank, “Qin Guan: The Romantic Poet”, in Ancestors: 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family‎, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 48:
  When Su Dongbo’s trial ended, Emperor Shenzong rejected demands for the death penalty but sentenced Su to exile in Huangzhou, near present-day Wuhan.

Translations

district in central China

Chinese:
Mandarin: 黃州／黄州 (zh) (Huángzhōu)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huangzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1323, column 1

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