Wenzhou

• Wenchow (dated)
• Wen-chou, Wen-Chou (Wade–Giles)

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 溫州／温州 (Wēnzhōu).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wɛnˈd͡ʒəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /wʌnˈd͡ʒoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Wenzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, in southeastern China.
   • 2016 December 26, Sui-Lee Wee, “China Reassures Homeowners Worried About Land Rights”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-12-26, Business‎:

     The issue of land ownership rights came into focus in Wenzhou in April after the local government demanded that homeowners whose land-use rights had expired after 20 years pay fees of up to a third of the value of their homes before they could sell their apartments. The decision provoked protests from property owners in Wenzhou, a coastal city of eight million that was one of the first to set up private enterprise after the government opened up the economy in the late 1970s.

   • 2023 September 2, “Super typhoon Saola leaves trail of destruction in southern China”, in EFE‎, archived from the original on 28 December 2023:

     Saola is not the only storm threatening China this weekend, as Haikui, a second Pacific typhoon, is expected to make landfall on Sunday in eastern China, south of the city of Wenzhou, the US Embassy in Beijing said in a weather alert.

• Yongjia, Yung-chia (dated)

• Wenzhounese

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wenzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3436, column 2
• “Wenzhou”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Wenzhou, in Encyclopædia Britannica
• Wenzhou, Wenchow, Wen-chou, Wen-Chou, Wenchou at Google Ngram Viewer
• “Wenzhou, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Wenzhou”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Wenzhou”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Wenzhou” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.