Jinghu

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 鏡湖 / 镜湖 (Jìnghú).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪŋˈhu/, enPR: jǐngʹho͞oʹ
  • Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Jinghu

  1. A district of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
    • 2018 July 17, “Twelve charged for dumping 2,500 tons of toxic waste in Yangtze River”, in China Tibet Online[1], archived from the original on 22 September 2023[2]:
      The people's procuratorate of Jinghu district, Wuhu brought the case against a waste treatment company in neighboring Jiangsu Province.
    • 2019 March 28, Gillian Zwicker, Jennifer Turner, “Tapping the Power in China’s Municipal Sludge”, in New Security Beat[3], archived from the original on 28 March 2019[4]:
      In September 2018, the Jinghu District People’s Court in Wuhu, Anhui Province sentenced 12 people from the Pol Shin Fastener Company between four months and six years in prison for committing serious interprovincial environmental crimes in Jiangsu and Anhui in 2016 and 2017.

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