Te-chou
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 德州 (Dézhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Tê²-chou¹.[1]
Proper noun
Te-chou
- Alternative form of Dezhou
- 1966, Jonathan D. Spence, Tsʻao Yin and the Kʻang-hsi Emperor; Bondservant and Master, Yale University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 126:
- The following day he was formally welcomed by the officials of Shantung province at Te-chou.
- 1978, David D. Buck, Urban Change in China, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 197:
- North of Tsinan the Communist armies held Te-chou and blocked any hope of rail connections with Tientsin.
- 1979, Silas H. L. Wu, Passage to Power: Kʻang-hsi and His Heir Apparent, 1661-1722, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 78:
- The imperial train arrived on November 22 at Te-chou, a city in western Shantung along the border of Chihli.
Translations
Dezhou — see Dezhou
References
- Dezhou, Wade-Giles romanization Te-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tehchow or Te-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1888, column 1
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