Gaoyou
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高郵／高邮 (Gāoyóu).
Proper noun
[edit]Gaoyou
- A county-level city in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- [1978, Charles O. Hucker, The Ming Dynasty, its Origins and Evolving Institutions[1], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
- Among the rebel leaders who appeared in the Huai area after the 1351 floods was a more ambitious man than Fang Kuo-chen, named Chang Shih-ch'eng 張士誠 (1321-1367). Like Fang, Chang had a salt trade background. Native to the Kao-yu region of modern Kiangsu province, north of the Yangtze, Chang and his brothers grew up as canal boatmen employed by the state salt monopoly.]
- 2007 July 4, “Tornado kills 14, injures 146 in eastern China”, in Reuters[2], archived from the original on 23 January 2016, Green Business[3]:
- Seven people were killed in Gaoyou city in neighboring Jiangsu province, the agency said, adding that 53 were injured.
"Winds and heavy rain cut off power and telecommunications, ripped off rooftops and uprooted thousands of trees," a Gaoyou government official was quoted as saying.
- 2019 January 31, Jenny Wang, “Chinese New Year: auspicious dishes around China, from ‘accessible windfall’ to ‘a room of gold and silver’”, in South China Morning Post[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 21, 2019, Food & Drink[5]:
- Chen specifies that the river shrimp are from Gaoyou, a city in Jiangsu. “Its geographic advantage and waters contribute to the sweet and bouncy shrimps. The most prized river shrimp tends to be small, resembling an agate bead. So the dish represents a pairing of agate beads and gold ingots, representing affluence.”
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Gaoyou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1317, column 2