Etymology

Soochow

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Mandarin 蘇州 /苏州
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from蘇州 /苏州
  2. English todaySoochow

From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 蘇州 /苏州 (Sūzhōu).

Words from the same roots

Mandarin蘇州 all →

Suzhou

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.