Huzhou
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湖州 (Húzhōu).
Proper noun
Huzhou
- A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China.
- [1914, E. Backhouse, J. O. P. Bland, “Hsien Feng and T’ung Chih: The Facile Descent”, in Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking (From the 16th to the 20th Century), Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, page 425:
- Li begged them not to betray him. "If you can find a way of taking me safely to Huchou in Chekiang, I will give you 30,000 taels."]
- 2019 August 31, Raymond Zhong, Keith Bradsher, “U.S.-China Trade War Hits a New Phase, and a Boot Maker Trembles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 August 2019, Business:
- In the city of Huzhou, in Zhejiang, local officials in December surveying the impact of the trade war found a company called Tianzhen Bamboo Flooring that was laying off workers and trying to open new markets in Europe and Canada.
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1340, column 1
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