Ezhou
See also: Èzhōu
English
Alternative forms
- (misspelling) E'zhou
- (from Wade–Giles) O-chou
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂州 (Èzhōu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʌˈd͡ʒoʊ/
Proper noun
Ezhou
- A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
- 2023 February 8, Wakabayashi, Daisuke; Claire Fu, “China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 February 2023:
- The building, on the outskirts of Ezhou, a city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, is hailed as the world’s biggest free-standing pig farm, with a second, identical hog high-rise opening soon.
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Synonyms
- Wu-chang (historical)
Translations
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ezhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1190, column 3
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