Ezhou
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See also: Èzhōu
Alternative forms
- E'zhou (misspelling)
- O-chou (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂州 (Èzhōu).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ezhou
- A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
- [1947 [1083], Su Tung-po, “Letter to Chu Kang-shu, Chief Magistrate of Ochow”, in Lin Yutang, Rhoda Hoff, editors, China: Adventures in Eyewitness History, Henry Z. Walck, published 1965, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:
- Tienlin said to me that in the district of Yochow and Ochow [Wuchang], the poor farmers as a rule raise only two sons and one daughter, and kill babies at birth beyond this number.]
- 2020 January 23, Adam Taylor, “Wuhan: The Chinese mega-city at the center of coronavirus outbreak”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 23, 2020, Asia:
- The neighboring city of Huanggang, which has a population of roughly 6 million, said it would join Wuhan’s quarantine from midnight on Thursday. The nearby city of Ezhou, home to 1 million people, has also shut down its railway stations.
- 2023 February 8, Daisuke Wakabayashi, 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.
Synonyms
- Wu-chang (historical)
Translations
See also
- E, an ancient kingdom in the area
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ezhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1190, column 3
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