Dazhou

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See also: dàzhōu

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 達州达州 (Dázhōu).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /(ˈ)dɑ(ˈ)d͡ʒoʊ/

Proper noun

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Dazhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
    • 2001, 邓天梅 [Deng Tianmei], 四川 [Sìchuān, Sichuan] (中国西部开发丛书 [Introduction to West China Series])‎[1], Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 132:
      In the direction of Shaanxi, a high-grade road will be built between Sichuan's Dazhou City and Wanyuan City (close to Shaanxi).
    • 2010, Pamela Kyle Crossley, The Wobbling Pivot, China Since 1800: An Interpretive History[2], Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:
      Dazhou, Sichuan, has for years been showing the stress of popular anger against its mining industries, prostitu- tion rings, drug problems and a poorly managed outbreak of avian flu.
    • 2013 September 15, “China road accident kills 16 including 11 students”, in AP News[3], archived from the original on 09 June 2022:
      A passenger bus collided with a truck and plunged into a riverbed in southwest China, killing 16 people including 11 students, authorities said.
      The accident happened on Sunday afternoon in a village in Dazhou city in Sichuan province.
    • 2020 March 27, Dan Bilefsky, Ceylan Yeginsu, “Of ‘Covidivorces’ and ‘Coronababies’: Life During a Lockdown”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 27, 2020, Protests in China‎[5]:
      Dazhou, a city in southwestern Sichuan Province, received close to 100 filings for divorce in less than three weeks, an official who handled divorce filings said in a video interview, adding that there was a large backlog of cases.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Dazhou.

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