O-chou

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Ezhou. alt-of, alternative

    "Pʻei Yen-ling settled at O-chou on the middle Yangtze, where he devoted himself to historical scholarship, continuing and completing the famous commentary to the Shih-chi of Pei Yin, and acquiring some reputation as a scholar."

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"Pʻei Yen-ling settled at O-chou on the middle Yangtze, where he devoted himself to historical scholarship, continuing and completing the famous commentary to the Shih-chi of Pei Yin, and acquiring some reputation as a scholar."

Etymology

From Mandarin 鄂州 (Èzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: O⁴-chou¹.

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