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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A district of modern Suzhou, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown
2. 2
   Mount Gusu, a mountain near Suzhou
3. 3
   The capital of the state of Wu during the Zhou dynasty; a former city located at the site of present-day Suzhou historical
4. 4
   Modern Suzhou itself literary, metonymically

Synonyms

All synonyms

gusu districtgusu shangusushanmount gususuzhousuzhou & numerous others

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 姑蘇 /姑苏 (Gūsū).

Related phrases

present day

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