沙州
Chinese
granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar | province; prefecture; state; county | ||
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simp. and trad. (沙州) | 沙 | 州 |
Etymology 1
A provincial name derived from its position within the Gobi Desert.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
沙州
- (~鎮) Shazhou (a town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
- Shazhou, a former province of Imperial China
- Shazhou, a former name of Dunhuang, an oasis town in Gansu, China, during the time when it served as Shazhou's provincial capital
Synonyms
- 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng)
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 沙州 – see 沙洲 (“sandbank; sandbar; shoal”). (This term, 沙州, is a variant form of 沙洲.) |