Luzhou

See also: lǜzhōu

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潞州.

Proper noun

Luzhou

1. A district of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潞州 (Lùzhōu)

• Japanese: 潞州 (ろしゅう, Roshū)
• Vietnamese: Lộ Châu (潞州)

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瀘州 / 泸州 (Lúzhōu).

Alternative forms

• Lu-chou (Wade–Giles)
• Luchow

Proper noun

Luzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
   • 1988, K. Mark Stevens, George E. Wehrfritz, edited by Paddy Booz, Southwest China: Off the Beaten Track‎^[1], Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 201:

     Luzhou 泸州
     Luzhou, 143 kilometers east of Yibin, sits at the confluence of the Yangzi and the Tuo Jiang rivers. The main attraction in Lushan is Yunfeng Si (Cloud Peak Temple), (云峰寺) which is said to be large and beautiful. Luzhou is accessible by bus from Yibin and by boat from both Yibin and Chongqing.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Luzhou.

Translations

prefecture-level city in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瀘州 / 泸州 (zh) (Lúzhōu)

• Japanese: 瀘州 (ろしゅう, Roshū)
• Vietnamese: Lô Châu (瀘州)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Luzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[2], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1810, column 3