Yaodu

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 堯都尧都.

Proper noun

Yaodu

  1. A district of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
    • 2009, Zhang Yulin, “China's War on its Environment and Farmers' Rights: A Study of Shanxi Province”, in Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China: Chinese and Canadian Perspectives, University of Ottawa Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 166:
      In Beilu Village of Liucun Town in Yaodu District, Linfen, abnormal illnesses continued to emerge, as a result of clusters of highly-polluting enterprises mushrooming in the vicinity.
    • 2014 February 11, “Pastor Yang Rongli”, in THE WORLDWIDE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS, United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, page 55:
      On November 25, the Yaodu District Court convicted Yang and her husband of “illegal occupation of farmland” and “gathering a mob to create a traffic disturbance.”
    • 2023 May 18, Xiaohua Zhang, “Shanxi Church Establishes Women's Fellowship”, in China Christian Daily, archived from the original on 2023-05-21:
      On May 13, the day before Mother's Day, believers from urban and pastoral areas celebrated the formation of the women’s fellowship at Yaodu District Church in Linfen City.

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