Wujiang

Wu·jiang
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/wud͡ʒjɑŋ//wud͡ʒjæŋ/

proper noun

A district of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Similar
Wu Rivervarious rivers in Chinaparticularly a major tributary of the Yangtze rising in Guizhou
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Meanings

Wujiang1

proper noun

alternative Wukiang · alternative Wu-chiang · alternative Wuchiang

  1. A district of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

    "Without China, I'd be bankrupt," said Feng Wen-bing, a Taiwanese who co-owns a $10 million electronics firm in Wujiang, near Shanghai. Thirty factories are currently being built there and 30 more are expected to start being constructed soon. Most are Taiwan-owned.

    2001 April 28, John Pomfret, “Taiwan Has an Outbreak of Shanghai Fever”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2017
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    He was born in Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province, in eastern China and began his higher education at Yenching University in Beijing, planning to study medicine. But deciding that China's problems were social and political rather than medical, he turned to sociology.

    2005 May 9, Wolfgang Saxon, “Fei Xiaotong, 94, a Pioneer in Chinese Anthropology, Is Dead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015, Obituaries

Wujiang2

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Wu River, various rivers in China, particularly a major tributary of the Yangtze rising in Guizhou.

Similar
Wu Rivervarious rivers in Chinaparticularly a major tributary of the Yangtze rising in Guizhou
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Origin

Wujiang · proper noun

  1. Mandarin吳江 /吴江“Wu River”
  2. EnglishWujiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吳江 /吴江 (Wújiāng, “Wu River”), after the once major Wusong River nearby.

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Wujiang · proper noun

  1. Mandarin烏江 /乌江“Raven or Black River”
  2. EnglishWujiang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 烏江 /乌江 (Wū or Wùjiāng, “Raven or Black River”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 吳江 /吴江
  • 吳江 /吴江 (ng⁴ gong¹)district in eastern China
Chinese Mandarin 吳江 /吴江
  • 吳江 /吴江 (Wújiāng)district in eastern China
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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