Chau

C3H4A1U1
/tʃaʊ/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginCantonese 周 ← Vietnamese Châu →
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Meanings

proper nounChau (plural Chaus)

plural Chaus

  1. A surname.
  2. alternativeAlternative form of Zhou.

    9. Kingdom of Yen 燕 Táking situated in lat. 39° 54' N., long. 116° 28' E., one of the districts of Shuntien fú in Chihlí, now occupies the site of the capital of the ancient kingdom of Yen, the most northern part of the empire under the reign of the Chau dynasty.

    1849 August, “Annals of Confucius; or Chronology and Geography of the Chun Ts'iu”, in The Chinese Repository, volume XVIII, number 8, →OCLC, page 397

Origin

  1. VietnameseChâu
  2. Cantonese周
  3. EnglishChau

From Cantonese 周 (zau¹) or Vietnamese Châu (from the same ultimate origin). Doublet of Zhou.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Chau

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Anagrams

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APA

Chau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chau

MLA

“Chau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chau. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chau,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chau.

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