Chuzhou

• Ch'u-chou (Wade–Giles)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 滁州 (Chúzhōu).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuːˈd͡ʒoʊ/, enPR: cho͞oʹjōʹ

Chuzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Anhui, China.
   • [1908, Archibald McLean, “Introductory Note”, in Breaking Down Chinese Walls: From a Doctor's Viewpoint‎, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 5:

     Chu Cheo, a town about forty miles northwest of Nanking, has been the scene of his labours. The doctor's work has been to conduct a hospital and dispensary in the central station at Chu Cheo, visit and preach the Gospel and heal the sick in the outstations and villages round about.]

   • 2003 February 16, Chris Buckley, “Seeking the Missing, Chinese Find Hope Online”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, World‎:

     Ms. Wu grew up in Chuzhou, a city of 200,000 set in the flat croplands of Anhui Province, in central China. She was a smart, well-liked business student at a local college and dreamed of running her own company, said her family and teachers.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chuzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 802, column 3