Yongzhou

See also: Yōngzhōu and Yǒngzhōu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永州 (Yǒngzhōu).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: yo͝ongʹjōʹ
  • Hyphenation: Yong‧zhou

Proper noun

Yongzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.

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Further reading

  • Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lingling”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1059, column 1: “Until 1913 called Yungchow.”
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