Huangzhou
English
Alternative forms
- (postal romanization) Hwangchow
- (obsolete) Hoang-tcheou
- (from Wade–Giles) Huang-chou
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation for 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 13628142, 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.]
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huangzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-071262, OCLC 164337564, page 1323, column 1
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