Ezhou

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄂州 (Èzhōu).

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Ezhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in Hubei, China.
    • [1947 [1083], Su Tung-po, “Letter to Chu Kang-shu, Chief Magistrate of Ochow”, in Lin Yutang, Rhoda Hoff, editors, China: Adventures in Eyewitness History[1], Henry Z. Walck, published 1965, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 18:
      Tienlin said to me that in the district of Yochow and Ochow [Wuchang], the poor farmers as a rule raise only two sons and one daughter, and kill babies at birth beyond this number.]
    • 2020 January 23, Adam Taylor, “Wuhan: The Chinese mega-city at the center of coronavirus outbreak”, in The Washington Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 23, 2020, Asia‎[3]:
      The neighboring city of Huanggang, which has a population of roughly 6 million, said it would join Wuhan’s quarantine from midnight on Thursday. The nearby city of Ezhou, home to 1 million people, has also shut down its railway stations.
    • 2023 February 8, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu, “China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 February 2023[5]:
      The building, on the outskirts of Ezhou, a city on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, is hailed as the world’s biggest free-standing pig farm, with a second, identical hog high-rise opening soon.

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  • E, an ancient kingdom in the area

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