Lanzhou

Lan·zhou
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proper noun

A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Gansu, in northwestern China.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative historical obsolete Lanchow · alternative Lan-chou

  1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Gansu, in northwestern China.

    In northwestern Gansu province, where nine local confirmed cases have been reported in the past week, primary and high schools in the provincial capital of Lanzhou, as well as in one county in Jiuquan city, have suspended offline classes.

    2021 October 21, Ryan Woo, Roxanne Liu, Liangping Gao, “Parts of northern China brace for more COVID-19 lockdowns and curbs”, in Christian Schmollinger, Gerry Doyle, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2021, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
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    Construction of this expressway, linking Lanzhou with Wulumuchi, has continued further west as part of the central government’s attempt to equalize the balance of economic development between the prosperous east and the less developed western interior.

    2008, William Lindesay, The Great Wall Revisited: From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 112

Origin

  1. Mandarin蘭州 /兰州
  2. EnglishLanzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蘭州 /兰州 (Lánzhōu).

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Translations

Arabic لَانْغْتْشُو, لَانْغْجُو
  • لَانْغْتْشُو (lanḡtšū)a city of China
  • لَانْغْجُو (lanḡjū)a city of China
Chinese Cantonese 蘭州 /兰州
  • 蘭州 /兰州 (laan⁴ zau¹)a city of China
Chinese Mandarin 蘭州 /兰州
  • 蘭州 /兰州 (Lánzhōu)a city of China
Finnish Lanzhou
  • Lanzhoua city of China
French Lanzhou
  • Lanzhoua city of China
Hindi लान्झू
  • लान्झू (lānjhū)a city of China
Hungarian Lancsou
  • Lancsoua city of China
Japanese 蘭州
  • 蘭州 (Ranshū)a city of China
Korean 란저우
  • 란저우 (Ranjeou)a city of China
Russian Ланьчжо́у
  • Ланьчжо́у (Lanʹčžóu)a city of China
Vietnamese Lan Châu
  • Lan Châua city of China

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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