Yangzhou

[yahng-joh]

Yang·zhou

[yahng-joh]
noun Pinyin.
a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China. 180,200.
Also, Wade-Giles, Yang·chou; Older Spelling, Yang·chow.
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Yangzhou

city, southwest-central Jiangsu province (sheng), eastern China. It lies to the north of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) at the southern terminus of the section of the Grand Canal that joins the Huai River to the Yangtze. Pop. (2002 est.) 548,204.

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