Dengzhou

Deng·zhou
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proper noun

A county-level city of Nanyang, Henan, China.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

Dengzhou1

proper noun

alternative Tengchow · alternative Teng-chou

  1. A county-level city of Nanyang, Henan, China.
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    According to Ying Mingquan (director of the People’s Armed Forces Department of Dengzhou Municipality, Henan Province, and standing member of the Dengzhou Municipal Party Committee), a military standing member should play three roles: the role of publicist (xuanchuan yuan), the role of a military leader with local responsibilities (zhandou yuan), and the role of liaison (lianluo yuan).

    2007, Civil-Military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea, M.E.Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120

    Zhang Haixin, 46, a farmer in Dengzhou, was arrested last November on charges of forging government documents, after years of quietly working to protect the land of villagers who felt they had nowhere else to turn.[…] She helped postpone a land grab in her village by leading a group of petitioners to the cities of Dengzhou, Henan’s provincial capital Zhengzhou and even Beijing, starting in 2009.

    2014 May 2, Mimi Lau, “Dengzhou villager creates fake but effective 'government office' to fight illegal land grabs”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 May 2014, China

Dengzhou2

proper noun

alternative Tengchow · alternative Teng-chou

  1. obsoleteThe city of Penglai in Shandong in China.

    Penglai, formerly Dengzhou, is an attractive place on the coast with a fine fortified harbour that is currently being restored. It is accessible from the city of Yantai, which has a convenient airport.

    2009, Stephen Turnbull, “The Sites Today”, in Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC–AD 1644, Osprey Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62

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Origin

Dengzhou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin鄧州 /邓州
  2. EnglishDengzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 鄧州 /邓州 (Dèngzhōu).

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Dengzhou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin登州
  2. EnglishDengzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 登州 (Dēngzhōu).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 鄧州 /邓州, 登州
  • 鄧州 /邓州a county-level city in Nanyang, Henan, China
  • 登州a city in Shandong, China
Chinese Mandarin 鄧州 /邓州, 登州
  • 鄧州 /邓州 (Dèngzhōu)a county-level city in Nanyang, Henan, China
  • 登州 (Dēngzhōu)a city in Shandong, China
Hungarian Tengcsou
  • Tengcsoua county-level city in Nanyang, Henan, China
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