Meizhou
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 梅州 (Méizhōu).
Proper noun
Meizhou
- A prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China.
- 2021 November 23, Beijing newsroom, “China approves railway project worth $2.55 billion for southern provinces - media”, in Jacqueline Wong, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 09 May 2022, Business News[2]:
- The railway will connect Ruijin city of Jiangxi province and Meizhou city of Guangdong province, […]
- 2024 May 3, “China dispatches vice premier, urges better safety measures after highway collapse killed 48”, in AP News[3], sourced from BEIJING (AP), archived from the original on 03 May 2024, World News[4]:
- One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong province.
Synonyms
Translations
prefecture-level city in Guangdong
Further reading
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Meihsien”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[5], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1179, column 2
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Meizhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1943, column 3: “Also called Mei Xian.”