Longzhou
See also: lóngzhōu and Lóngzhōu
English
Alternative forms
- (dated) Lungchow
- (from Wade–Giles) Lung-chou
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 龍州/龙州 (Lóngzhōu).
Proper noun
Longzhou
- A county of Chongzuo, Guangxi, China.
- [1982, Stanley II, Roy M., “The Land War in China”, in Prelude to Pearl Harbor, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, LCCN 82-10325, OCLC 965558977, page 124, column 1:
- Building up strength, the Japanese went on the offensive again on 12 March 1940. This time they attacked west toward Lungchou near the French Indochina border to threaten a flank attack on Chinese positions. Lungchou fell to Japanese troops on 2 July 1940, but a Chinese counterattack drove the Japanese back. Lungchou was in Chinese hands again on 28 October, and Nanning, on the 29th.]
- 2018 July 12, Sun, Xiaochen, “Bordering on high adventure”, in China Daily, archived from the original on 12 July 2018, Sports:
- Traversing forests and mountain streams, outdoor enthusiasts competing in the Raid International Adventure Race over the weekend were treated to a pristine countryside course along the China-Vietnam border in southwestern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region's Longzhou county.
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Translations
county in Guangxi, China
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