Gusu

alternative Ku-su

1. A district of modern Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown.

   Residents line up at a nucleic acid testing site during the fifth round of mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Gusu district of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China February 24, 2022.

   2022 March 11, Roxanne Liu, Ryan Woo, Beijing Newsroom, “China allows COVID antigen self-test kits for public as cases hit two-year high”, in Barbara Lewis, Frank Jack Daniel, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022, China

2. Mount Gusu, a mountain near Suzhou

   Synonyms: Gusu District, Mount Gusu, Gusushan, Gusu Shan, Suzhou & numerous others

3. historicalThe capital of the state of Wu during the Zhou dynasty; a former city located at the site of present-day Suzhou
4. literarymetonymicallyModern Suzhou itself