Jingzhou

See also: Jīngzhōu

English

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 荊州 / 荆州 (Jīngzhōu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɪŋˈd͡ʒoʊ/

Proper noun

Jingzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.
    • [1738, “PROVINCE VI. HU-QUANG.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎[1], volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. Du Halde, →OCLC, page 100:
      The Reaſon why the Tartars have built a Citadel here is, becauſe it is a Rule with them to be Maſters of a City whoſe Situation renders it of Importance. It is a common Saying, that when one is poſſeſs'd of Kin-chew, he has the Key of China in his Hands.]
    • [1963, Robert S. Elegant, “The Rich Impoverished, the Poor Starving”, in The Centre of the World: Communism and the Mind of China‎[2], London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., →OCLC, page 51:
      Chingchou Prefecture, comprising several counties in Hupei Province, suffered a disastrous three years, and its tribulations were not unique. Massive floods rolled over one county in 1830, drowning hundreds of thousands and befouling the rice fields with sand. The dikes restraining the Yangtze River collapsed in a neighbouring county in 1831 and half the population starved to death. In 1832, the prefectural capital suffered a severe famine while, elsewhere in Chingchou, cholera struck down tens of thousands and the normal autumnal floods were unprecedently severe.]
    • 2020 February 22, “Coronavirus survivor recounts fear, confusion”, in France 24‎[3], archived from the original on 10 March 2020‎[4]:
      He suspects it happened on his train journey home to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Jingzhou city, in central China's Hubei province.
    • 2020 August 11, Florence Fabricant, “A Filled Chinese Flatbread Comes to Manhattan”, in The New York Times‎[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 August 2020, Off the Menu‎[6]:
      Guokui, a Chinese flatbread, stars at this new Greenwich Village spot. […] The restaurant’s owners, a group of Chinese entrepreneurs, wanted to introduce the version made in Jingzhou City, in Hubei Province, to a wider audience.
  2. A district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
    • 2013 August 29, “Administrative Division”, in Jingzhou China‎[7], archived from the original on 21 September 2023‎[8]:
      Jingzhou District is located in south-central Hubei Province. It has an area of 1,046 k㎡ and a population of 572,052 (yearend est.). The district is composed of three sub-districts, seven towns and a provincial economic development zone (Jingzhou Chengnan Economic Development Zone, Hubei Province).
  3. An economic and technological development zone in Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

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