Wen-chou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 溫州 / 温州 (Wēnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Wên¹-chou¹.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wǔnʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Wen-chou

  1. Alternative form of Wenzhou.
    • 2006, Mark Halperin, Out of the Cloister: Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279‎[2], Harvard University Asia Center, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:
      Many images accompanied the emperor's party in early 1130 when it fled Kiangnan by sea and took refuge in Wen-chou, on the Chekiang coast.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Wenzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Wen-chou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 486: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Wen-chou (Wenzhou) 溫州”

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