Shangzhou

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proper noun

A district of Shangluo, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Shangluo, Shaanxi, China.

    The girl said she had been repeatedly humiliated by Wang since she started studying at Shangdan Gaoxin School in Shangluo city’s Shangzhou district at the start of the year.

    2019 July 15, Mandy Zuo, “Chinese teacher banned from classroom after teenage girl records abusive rants”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2019, People & Culture
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    In (Yangyuho) commune, Shang County, during the construction of small water-conservancy projects, class enemies spread all sorts of rumors, and even deliberately caused accidents at work to injure people and to carry out sabotage.

    [1970 September 29 [1970 September 28], “Shensi Completes 1970 Plan for Irrigation Expansion”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 189, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Northwest Region, page H 4

    Because this story was brought to light by Gao Lujie and other physicians of international renown, the Chinese government could only temporarily treat Gao as a “target of internal control.” But AIDS had already spread beyond Henan Province, and journalists who reported on a serious outbreak in the Shangzhou district of Shaanxi Province were investigated and prosecuted.

    2007, Qinglian He, “Media Control in China”, in Sharon Hom, Stacy Mosher, editors, Challenging China: Struggle and Hope in an Era of Change, The New Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 40

    Between January 3-6, Wang Minxia, the chairman and president of Shangzhou District CC&TSPM in Shangluo City, visited COVID-19 workers in the Chengguan Sub-district Office and Dongcheng Community, sending more than 5,000 yuan worth of supplies and equipment, such as electric heaters, water heaters, masks, disinfectants, and instant noodles.

    2022 January 17, John Wong, “Churches in Shaanxi Support COVID-19 Prevention, Control”, in Abigail Wu, transl., China Christian Daily, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2022

Origin

  1. Mandarin商州
  2. EnglishShangzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 商州.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 商州
  • 商州district
Chinese Mandarin 商州
  • 商州district
Cite this entry
APA

Shangzhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangzhou

MLA

“Shangzhou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangzhou. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shangzhou,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shangzhou.

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