Wusu

See also: wusu and Wūsū

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Etymology

From Mandarin 烏蘇／乌苏 (Wūsū).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: wo͞oʹso͞oʹ

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Wusu

  1. A city in Xinjiang, China.
    • 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of The Chinese People's Republic‎, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 257:
      Pending the completion of the Sinkiang railroad, the region is served by a number of major land routes that have been transportation links since ancient times. They are the North Road (north of the Tien Shan) passing from Kansu through Urumchi and Wusu, where it bifurcates into two routes going to the Soviet Union.

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