Wulipu

Wu·li·pu
W4U1L1I1P3U1

proper noun

A town in Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Wu-li-p'u

  1. A town in Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

    Zuozhong Chu tombs are located in Wulipu town, 45 km south of Jingmen City, Hubei province.

    2009 January 14, “Excavation Report on Zuozhong Chu Tombs in Jingmen”, in The Institute of Archaeology CASS, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2022
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    At midnight on March 1st, Liu, a bee farmer born in Hubei, and her family finally arrived in the hometown, Wulipu Town, with over 500 boxes of honey.[...]Although the driver is Hubei native, the authority of Wulipu Town insists that only when the driver obtains an effective health certificate can he leave.

    The First Beekeeper from Hubei Province Has Returned Without a Hitch, And Nearly 200 Others Are Expected to Return Soon CBCGDF Anti-Epidemic and Resumption Working Group

    2020 March 6, Yanqing Wang, “第一户湖北籍蜂农已顺利返乡,其他近200户有望近期全部返回 绿会复工部 [The First Beekeeper from Hubei Province Has Returned Without a Hitch, And Nearly 200 Others Are Expected to Return Soon CBCGDF Anti-Epidemic and Resumption Working Group]”, in China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2020

    The village of Chenchi is located in the town of Wulipu, Hubei province in central China, with the163 coordinates 111° E and 30° N (Figure 3).

    2020, Fan Yang, Guangqing Chi, Ge Wang, Shirui Tang, Yunting Li, Cong Ju, “Untangle the complex stakeholder relationships in rural settlement consolidation in China: a social network approach”, in Land, volume 9, number 7, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5

Origin

From Mandarin 五里鋪 (Wǔlǐpù, literally “five Li relay station for post horses”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 五里鋪
  • 五里鋪 (ng⁵ lei⁵ pou³)town in central China
Chinese Mandarin 五里鋪
  • 五里鋪 (Wǔlǐpù)town in central China
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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