Huzhou

See also: húzhōu and Húzhōu

English

Map including HUZHOU (DMA, 1996)

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 湖州 (Húzhōu).

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Huzhou

  1. 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.

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