Wen-chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 溫州／温州 (Wēnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Wên¹-chou¹.[1]

Pronunciation
  • enPR: wǔnʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Wen-chou

  1. Alternative form of Wenzhou
    • 2006, Mark Halperin, Out of the Cloister: Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279‎, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, OCLC 255836368, page 153:
      Many images accompanied the emperor's party in early 1130 when it fled Kiangnan by sea and took refuge in Wen-chou, on the Chekiang coast.

Translations
Wenzhou — see Wenzhou

References
  1. Wenzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Wen-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica

Further reading
  • “Wen-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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