Wujiang

//wud͡ʒjɑŋ// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A district of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

    ""Without China, I'd be bankrupt," said Feng Wen-bing, a Taiwanese who co-owns a $10 million electronics firm in Wujiang, near Shanghai. Thirty factories are currently being built there and 30 more are expected to start being constructed soon. Most are Taiwan-owned."

  2. 2
    Synonym of Wu River, various rivers in China, particularly a major tributary of the Yangtze rising in Guizhou.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吳江 /吴江 (Wújiāng, “Wu River”), after the once major Wusong River nearby.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 烏江 /乌江 (Wū or Wùjiāng, “Raven or Black River”).

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