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Ju

//d͡ʒuː// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Chinese.
  2. 2
    Clipping of JUPAS. Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
  3. 3
    A former prefecture of imperial China centered on Juzhou in what is now Guizhou Province. historical
  4. 4
    A county of Rizhao, Shandong, China.

    "Among the various Neolithic inscriptions found on pottery vessels and other artifacts that contain astronomical information, the most significant ones are probably those found on ceremonial pottery vessels of the Dàwénkǒu culture (c. -4300 to -1900) unearthed in 1959 at Língyánghé 陵陽河 in Jǔ 莒 county in the Shāndōng 山東 province as illustrated in Figure 46.²¹²"

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone admitted to university through the JUPAS system. Hong-Kong, no-plural, slang

Etymology

From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).

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