Etymology

Zhengzhou

Zheng·zhou
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Henan, in central China. Full definition →

Mandarin 鄭州 /郑州
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from鄭州 /郑州
  2. English todayZhengzhou

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄭州 /郑州 (Zhèngzhōu).

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