Wen-chou
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 溫州/温州 (Wēnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Wên¹-chou¹.[1]
Pronunciation
- enPR: wǔnʹjōʹ
Proper noun
Wen-chou
- Alternative form of Wenzhou
- 2006, Mark Halperin, Out of the Cloister: Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279, Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, OCLC 255836368, page 153:
- Many images accompanied the emperor's party in early 1130 when it fled Kiangnan by sea and took refuge in Wen-chou, on the Chekiang coast.
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Translations
Wenzhou — see Wenzhou
References
- Wenzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Wen-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- “Wen-chou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary