Yaodu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 堯都／尧都.

Proper noun

Yaodu

1. A district of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
   • 2009, Zhang Yulin, “China's War on its Environment and Farmers' Rights: A Study of Shanxi Province”, in Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China: Chinese and Canadian Perspectives‎^[1], University of Ottawa Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 166:

     In Beilu Village of Liucun Town in Yaodu District, Linfen, abnormal illnesses continued to emerge, as a result of clusters of highly-polluting enterprises mushrooming in the vicinity.

   • 2014 February 11, “Pastor Yang Rongli”, in THE WORLDWIDE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS‎^[2], United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, page 55:

     On November 25, the Yaodu District Court convicted Yang and her husband of “illegal occupation of farmland” and “gathering a mob to create a traffic disturbance.”

   • 2023 May 18, Xiaohua Zhang, “Shanxi Church Establishes Women's Fellowship”, in China Christian Daily‎^[3], archived from the original on 2023-05-21‎^[4]:

     On May 13, the day before Mother's Day, believers from urban and pastoral areas celebrated the formation of the women’s fellowship at Yaodu District Church in Linfen City.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 堯都／尧都 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

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