Wuxi
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English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin[2] romanization of the Mandarin 無錫/无锡 (Wúxī).
Alternative forms
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[edit]Wuxi
- A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- 2008 January 30, Ren Riqing, quotee, “Urban Migrants Stranded in China”, in Deutsche Welle[3], archived from the original on 27 December 2023[4]:
- Like most of the women in her village, Ren Riqing looks after children: “This is my nephew. His parents work far away in a factory in Wuxi. It’s not as strenuous as working here in the fields. I have a son and a daughter -- they’re also in Wuxi. If things go well, they come back once in two years. Travel costs money. It makes me sad, but what can I do?”
- 2015 December 16, Aaron Gregg, “MedImmune expands its footprint in China with new deal”, in The Washington Post[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-12-17, Capital Business[6]:
- MedImmune, the Gaithersburg research arm of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, is making aggressive moves to expand its footprint in China.
The company said Wednesday it plans to spend $50 million on another production facility in Wuxi, a city near Shanghai on China’s east coast.
Translations
[edit]a city of China
References
[edit]- ^ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Wusi or Wu-hsi”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1502, column 1: “Until 1950 called Wuchan.”
- ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map[2], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 368:
- Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Wusih (Wu-hsi, Wuxi)
Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuxi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 1
- “Wuxi”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Wuxi, Wu-hsi, Wuhsi, Wusi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- “Wuxi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Wuxi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Wuxi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Wuxi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
Etymology 2
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巫溪 (Wūxī).
Proper noun
[edit]Wuxi
- A county of Chongqing, China.
- 1987 September 7, “Landslide Toll in China Is 65”, in The New York Times[8], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, World, page 3[9]:
- The landslide on Tuesday demolished a five-story apartment building and two private hotels in Wuxi County in Sichuan Province.
Alternative forms
[edit]Translations
[edit]county in western China
References
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Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuxi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[10], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 2
- Wuxi, Wu-hsi, Wuhsi, Wusi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
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