Pu'er

//ˈpʊəɹ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of pu'er: a kind of tea. alt-of, uncountable
  2. 2
    A kind of fermented dark Assam green tea (C. sinensis var. assamica). uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.

    "An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, early last Sunday."

Synonyms

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bo leipu'er city

Example

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"An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, early last Sunday."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 普洱 (Pǔ'ěr). As the tea, shortened from Pu'er tea.

Etymology 2

Shortened from pu'er tea, from the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 普洱茶 (pǔ'ěrchá).

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