Zhuzhou

See also: Zhūzhōu, zhǔzhóu, and zhùzhóu

English

Alternative forms

• Chuchow (dated)
• Chu-chou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 株洲 (Zhūzhōu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒuːˈd͡ʒoʊ/, enPR: jo͞oʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Zhuzhou

1. A prefecture-level city in Hunan, China.
   • [1974 August 5, Peter Green, “The Big-Character Posters on the Walls of China”, in Intercontinental Press‎^[3], volume 12, number 30, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1075, columns 2, 3:

     A June 27 Hsinhua report tells how 8,000 young people have been successfully "settled" and "re-educated" on the outskirts of Chuchou, a city in Hunan province. Success was achieved in this task because "the Chuchou municipal committee of the Chinese Communist party raised its consciousness of the struggle between the two lines during the great movement to criticize Lin Piao and rectify the style of work."]

   • [1978, Doing Business with the People's Republic of China: Industries and Markets‎^[4], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 280:

     In the 1960s it was reported that Chinese uranium ore was only partly processed at the Chuchou Uranium Processing Plant in Hunan Province and was then sent to Czechoslovakia for further concentration.]

   • 2006 January 12, Jim Yardley, “China Chemical Spills Spur Plan to Guard Water Supply”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-06‎^[6]:

     In Hunan Province, a spill occurred Jan. 4 in the industrial city of Zhuzhou after workers cleaning up a wastewater ditch mistakenly diverted the sewage water into the nearby Xiangjiang River.

Translations

prefecture-level city of Hunan, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 株洲 (zh) (Zhūzhōu)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhuzhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3566, column 3