Lanzhou

See also: Lánzhōu

English

Alternative forms

• Lanchow (historical, obsolete)
• Lan-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 蘭州／兰州 (Lánzhōu).

Proper noun

Lanzhou

1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Gansu, in northwestern China.
   • 2008, William Lindesay, The Great Wall Revisited: From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head‎^[2], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 112:

     Construction of this expressway, linking Lanzhou with Wulumuchi, has continued further west as part of the central government’s attempt to equalize the balance of economic development between the prosperous east and the less developed western interior.

   • 2021 October 21, Ryan Woo, Roxanne Liu, Liangping Gao, “Parts of northern China brace for more COVID-19 lockdowns and curbs”, in Christian Schmollinger, Gerry Doyle, editors, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 October 2021, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals:

     In northwestern Gansu province, where nine local confirmed cases have been reported in the past week, primary and high schools in the provincial capital of Lanzhou, as well as in one county in Jiuquan city, have suspended offline classes.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lanzhou.

Descendants

• Translingual: Lanzhousaurus

Translations

a city of China

• Arabic: لَانْغْتْشُو m (lanḡtšū), لَانْغْجُو m (lanḡjū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蘭州／兰州 (laan⁴ zau¹)

  Mandarin: 蘭州／兰州 (zh) (Lánzhōu)

• Finnish: Lanzhou
• French: Lanzhou
• Hungarian: Lancsou (hu)
• Japanese: 蘭州 (らんしゅう, Ranshū)
• Korean: 란저우 (Ranjeou)
• Macedonian: Ла́нџоу n (Lándžou)
• Mongolian: Ланьжоу (Lanʹžou)
• Russian: Ланьчжо́у m (Lanʹčžóu)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Lan Châu
• Zhuang: Lanzcouh

Further reading

• “Lanzhou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Lanzhou in Encyclopædia Britannica
• “Lanzhou, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Lanzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Lanzhou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Lanzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

• halzoun