Ezhou

//ˌʌˈd͡ʒoʊ// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.

    "Tienlin said to me that in the district of Yochow and Ochow [Wuchang], the poor farmers as a rule raise only two sons and one daughter, and kill babies at birth beyond this number."

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"Tienlin said to me that in the district of Yochow and Ochow [Wuchang], the poor farmers as a rule raise only two sons and one daughter, and kill babies at birth beyond this number."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂州 (Èzhōu).

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