Wanzhou

Wanzhou

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Wan-chou

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 萬州／万州 (Wànzhōu).

Proper noun

Wanzhou

1. A district of Chongqing, China.
   • 2018 November 2, “Woman fought with driver, causing bus to fall in China river”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 16 August 2022:

     A statement from Wanzhou district police said the 48-year-old female passenger asked the driver to pull over after she missed her stop, but he didn’t.

Synonyms

• (historical) Wanhsien, Wanxian

Translations

district of Chongqing

Chinese: Mandarin: 萬州 (zh), 万州 (zh) (Wànzhōu)