Dazhou

Da·zhou
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/(ˈ)dɑ(ˈ)d͡ʒoʊ/

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.

    In the direction of Shaanxi, a high-grade road will be built between Sichuan's Dazhou City and Wanyuan City (close to Shaanxi).

    Introduction to West China Series

    2001, 邓天梅 [Deng Tianmei], 四川 [Sìchuān, Sichuan] (中国西部开发丛书 [Introduction to West China Series]), Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 132
    3 more examples

    Dazhou, Sichuan, has for years been showing the stress of popular anger against its mining industries, prostitu- tion rings, drug problems and a poorly managed outbreak of avian flu.

    2010, Pamela Kyle Crossley, The Wobbling Pivot, China Since 1800: An Interpretive History, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4

    A passenger bus collided with a truck and plunged into a riverbed in southwest China, killing 16 people including 11 students, authorities said. The accident happened on Sunday afternoon in a village in Dazhou city in Sichuan province.

    2013 September 15, “China road accident kills 16 including 11 students”, in AP News, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2022

    Dazhou, a city in southwestern Sichuan Province, received close to 100 filings for divorce in less than three weeks, an official who handled divorce filings said in a video interview, adding that there was a large backlog of cases.

    2020 March 27, Dan Bilefsky, Ceylan Yeginsu, “Of ‘Covidivorces’ and ‘Coronababies’: Life During a Lockdown”, in The New York Times (Protests in China section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2020

Origin

  1. Mandarin達州 /达州
  2. EnglishDazhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 達州 /达州 (Dázhōu).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 達州 /达州
  • 達州 /达州 (daat⁶ zau¹)prefecture-level city in China
Chinese Mandarin 達州 /达州
  • 達州 /达州 (Dázhōu)prefecture-level city in China
Cite this entry
APA

Dazhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dazhou

MLA

“Dazhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dazhou. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dazhou,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dazhou.

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