Yongzhou

See also: Yōngzhōu and Yǒngzhōu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 永州 (Yǒngzhōu).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: yo͝ongʹjōʹ
  • Hyphenation: Yong‧zhou

Proper noun

Yongzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China‎[1], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 237: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Yongzhou/Yung-chou/Yong”

Further reading

  • Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Lingling”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1059, column 1: “Until 1913 called Yungchow.”
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