Taizhou
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 台州 (Tāizhōu).
Proper noun
Taizhou
- A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, in eastern China.
- 2014 July 28, Andrew Jacobs, “China Removes Crosses From Two More Churches in Crackdown”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 July 2014, Asia Pacific:
- On Friday, congregants at the Wenling Church in the city of Taizhou faced off with as many as 4,000 police officers but failed to prevent the removal of two crosses from atop their building. […]
One of the two crosses that were removed on Friday from the Wenling Church in Taizhou in Zhejiang Province, China. […]
At the Wenling Church in Taizhou, congregants said hundreds of Christians sang hymns at daybreak on Friday as the riot police surrounded the church, which is anchored by a distinctive clock tower capped by a bright red cross.
Translations
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泰州 (Tàizhōu).
Proper noun
Taizhou
- A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- 2021 September 15, “China's embattled Evergrande tries to pay bills with parking spots”, in France 24, archived from the original on 15 September 2021:
- In eastern Jiangsu province anxious investors gathered on Wednesday morning outside company offices in Taizhou city, while similar protests have been reported in Anhui and unpaid workers have demanded their wages in Ezhou city, Hubei.
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