Huozhou

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 霍州 (Huòzhōu).

Proper noun

Huozhou

1. A county-level city in Linfen, Shanxi, China.
   • 2022 January 27, “CGTN: Celebrating Lunar New Year, China embarks on new journey”, in CGTN via PR Newswire via AP News‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 January 2022‎^[2]:

     Braving the snow, Xi on Wednesday went to Fengnanyuan Village of Huozhou City, where he visited people affected by the flooding last year that disrupted the lives of 1.76 million residents in Shanxi.

   • 2023 August 12, Engen Tham, “Floods, mudslides kill two in northwestern China city”, in Miral Fahmy, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on August 14, 2023, China‎^[4]:

     In Huozhou city in the northern province of Shanxi, some low-lying houses faced stagnant water breaches, as floods from heavy rain trapped some residents in their buildings, the broadcaster said.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 霍州 (zh) (Huòzhōu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huozhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1337, column 3