Zhoukou

See also: Zhōukǒu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 周口 (Zhōukǒu).

Proper noun

Zhoukou

  1. A prefecture-level city in Henan, China.
    • [1977, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly Supplement‎, OCLC 53864202, page 7:
      Some 16,000,000 people live on the great plain of eastern Honan, an area of nearly 30,000,000 mou comprising Shangchiu and Choukou Prefectures and the eastern part of Kaifeng Prefecture.]
    • 2013 March 1, Zhao, Hongyi, “Moving graves a headache for all”, in Beijing Today‎, OCLC 958634538, page 3:
      Last November, the City of Zhoukou, Henan Province issued an administrative notice ordering families to demolish or move their ancestral tombs.

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