Shuozhou
See also: Shuòzhōu
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Shuo-chou
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 朔州 (Shuòzhōu).
Proper noun
Shuozhou
- A prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China.
- [1976, Jordan, Donald A., “The Peking Campaign: Completion of the Military Unification”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, LCCN 75-40309, OCLC 1046353670, pages 162-163:
- In northernmost Shansi, Chang had pressed deeply inside the ancient Great Wall, taking first Ta-t’ung and then Shuochou. On May 8, Yen was finally able to mount a counteroffensive, which retook Shuochou and pushed Chang's Ankuochün back out of northern Shansi.]
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Translations
prefecture-level city in China
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