Etymology

Su-chou

Mandarin 蘇州
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from蘇州
  2. English todaySu-chou

From Mandarin 蘇州 (Sūzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Su¹-chou¹.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.