Putuo

• (obsolete) P'u-t'uo

The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 普陀 (Pǔtuó), a clipped transcription of Sanskrit पोतलक (Potalaka, literally “Brilliance”), the name of the palace of the god or bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (known in China as the goddess or bodhisattva Guanyin) in the influential Flower Garland Sutra. The island in Zhejiang has been a center of Buddhist pilgrimage related to the worship of Guanyin since at least the Tang dynasty.

• IPA^(key): /putwoʊ/

Putuo

1. An island in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
2. A district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
   • 2021 July 25, Patton, Dominique; Sophie Yu, “East China braces for typhoon In-fa after flooding in country's centre”, in Christian Schmollinger, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 25 July 2021, China:

     The typhoon landed in the Putuo district of the city of Zhoushan, a major port in the east coast province of Zhejiang, at 12:30 p.m. (0430 GMT) on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the China Meteorological Administration.

3. A district of Shanghai, China.
   • 2022 April 29, Wu, Huizhong; Chen Si, “EXPLAINER: How China is using metal barriers to fight COVID”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 30 April 2022:

     At one apartment complex in Shanghai’s Putuo district, residents fiercely protested after the residential committee put a U-lock on the door to their building on April 16.

• Potala