Meanings
- alternativeAlternative spelling of Quwo.
"As a result of the completion of the auxiliary water conservancy projects, Chuwo County has given full play to the commune members' initiative in carrying out irrigation construction.
1971 August 31 [1971 August 25], “Shansi County Excels in Water Conservancy Projects”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 169, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page F 42 more examples
The Lucky Star Co-operative in Chuwo County on the plains of southern Shansi had, before the anti-Japanese war, 26 wells, 4 water-wheels and 166.1 mou of irrigated fields, 4.82 per cent of its total arable land.
中国农业合作化的道路
1959 September, Tung Ta-lin [董大林], “The Inevitability of Quick Transition from Lower to Higher Stage of Agricultural Co-operation”, in Agricultural Co-operation in China [中国农业合作化的道路] (China Knowledge Series), 2nd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 72The tombs have been excavated from original sites out in the countryside, and brought into Houma city, now the administrative centre of Chuwo county. Around Chuwo was possibly once a very early Tsin capital.
1966 March, Rewi Alley, “Ancient Sites around Houma in Southern Shansi”, in Eastern Horizon, volume V, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43, column 1
Origin
- Mandarin曲沃
- EnglishChuwo
From Mandarin 曲沃 (Qūwò) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻü¹-wo⁴.
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