Yuzhou

Yu·zhou
Y4U1Z10H4O1U1

proper noun

A district of Yulin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

OriginMandarin 玉州 →
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Meanings

Yuzhou1

proper noun
  1. A district of Yulin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

Yuzhou2

proper noun
  1. A county-level city of Xuchang, Henan, China.

    China ordered the nearly 1.2 million residents of the city of Yuzhou in Henan Province to stay home after three asymptomatic cases of the virus were discovered in recent days.

    2022 January 4, Austin Ramzy, John Yoon, Karan Singh, “Hong Kong expands its vaccine requirements as it fights to control Omicron.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2022, Global Roundup
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    JU-CHOU is in the province of Honan, in the valley of the Ju River, some fifty miles west of the Ching-Han Railway line and to the southeast of Honan Fu. It is in the same general keramic district as Yü-chou, where the famous Sung Chün wares were made.

    [1914, Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries, New York: Japan Society, →OCLC, page 18

    The curbs in the city of Yuzhou, in the central province of Henan, are similar to those imposed for nearly two weeks in the industrial hub of Xian, which has become China's latest COVID-19 epicentre.[…] "So far, the source of the virus is unknown, the number of cases is unclear ... the virus control and prevention situation in our city is very severe," authorities in Xuchang city, which has jurisdiction over Yuzhou, said in a statement on Tuesday.

    2022 January 4, Ryan Woo, Roxanne Liu, Gabriel Crossley, Ella Cao, “China's Xian vows strict implementation of COVID curbs even as cases decline”, in Jacqueline Wong, Michael Perry, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2022, Asia Pacific

Origin

Yuzhou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin玉州
  2. EnglishYuzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 玉州.

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Yuzhou · proper noun

  1. Mandarin禹州
  2. EnglishYuzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 禹州 (Yǔzhōu).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 玉州, 禹州
  • 玉州district
  • 禹州 (jyu⁵ zau¹)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 玉州, 禹州
  • 玉州district
  • 禹州 (Yǔzhōu)county-level city
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Yuzhou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yuzhou

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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