Ganzhou

Gan·zhou
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/ˌɡɑnˈd͡ʒoʊ/

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kanchow

  1. A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.

    The man from the southern city of Ganzhou had been treated in Venezuela on Jan. 28 before returning home on Feb. 5 via Hong Kong and the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement.

    2016 February 10, “China reports first case of imported Zika virus”, in AP News, archived from the original on 31 May 2022
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    Most leather pillows, letter paper, envelopes, enamelware, fans, and water pipes come from Ganzhou and are of the highest quality. The stationery from Ganzhou is made of paper manufactured in China; that from Mei County is made with foreign paper.

    1990, Mao Zedong, translated by Roger Thompson, Report from Xunwu, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 71

    They were last seen in Ganzhou, a large city in southern Jiangxi Province. It is unclear whether the other two were detained. The group had been investigating labor conditions at the two factories, one in Ganzhou and another in Dongguan. Their preliminary findings, which had not yet been made public, detail that workers were subject to exceptionally long hours.

    2017 May 30, Keith Bradsher, “China Detains Activist Who Worked at Manufacturer of Ivanka Trump Shoes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2017, Business Day

Origin

  1. Mandarin贛州 /赣州
  2. EnglishGanzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 贛州 /赣州 (Gànzhōu).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 贛州 /赣州
  • 贛州 /赣州 (gam³ zau¹)prefecture-level city
Chinese Mandarin 贛州 /赣州
  • 贛州 /赣州 (Gànzhōu)prefecture-level city
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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