Etymology

Gusu

Gu·su
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Today it means: A district of modern Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown. Full definition →

Mandarin 姑蘇 /姑苏
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from姑蘇 /姑苏
  2. English todayGusu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 姑蘇 /姑苏 (Gūsū).

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