Gulou

Gulou

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鼓樓／鼓楼 (Gǔlóu).

Proper noun

Gulou

1. A district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
   • [1942 August, Price, P. Frank, “A Notable Issue of The Chinese Christian Intelligencer”, in The Presbyterian Survey‎, volume 32, number 8, Presbyterian Church in the United States, ISSN 0032-759X, OCLC 1762816, page 368, column 2:

     The Christian hospital, University Hospital at Kulou, Nanking, was described as going on with its medical and evangelistic work, a most interesting feature of which was the work for the reclamation through faith and prayer of narcotic addicts, conducted by Mr. Glazier of the China Inland Mission.]

   • 2004, “Nanjing Gulou University Science Park”, in Building a Successful Plant in China‎, Singapore: China Knowledge Press, →ISBN, OCLC 502904774, page 273:

     Nanjing Gulou University Science Park (NGUSP) is jointly initiated by Nanjing University (NJU) and the government of Gulou District of Nanjing.

2. A district of Kaifeng, Henan, China.

Translations

district

Chinese: Mandarin: 鼓樓 (zh), 鼓楼 (zh) (Gǔlóu) Japanese: please add this translation if you can