Etymology

Yazhou

Ya·zhou
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Today it means: A district of Sanya, Hainan, China. Full definition →

Mandarin 崖州
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from崖州
  2. English todayYazhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崖州 (Yázhōu).

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