Yunzhou

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雲州／云州 (Yúnzhōu).

Pronunciation

• enPR: yünʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Yunzhou

1. A district of Datong, Shanxi, China.
   • 1988, Manfred Morgenstern, “Xi’an, the Centre”, in China (Hildebrand's Travel Guide)‎^[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 271, column 1:

     During the Tang epoch it was the capital of the Yunzhou district and in the year 1048 it finally got its present name of Datong which was given to it by another foreign dynasty, the Liao.

   • 2020 May 12, “Xi Jinping stresses role of farming in poverty alleviation”, in CGTN‎^[2], archived from the original on 21 September 2020‎^[3]:

     Xi made the remarks while visiting an organic daylily farm in Yunzhou District of Datong City on Monday afternoon during an inspection tour of north China's Shanxi Province.

   • 2020 July 30, “Daylily becomes cash cow for impoverished farmers in N China”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[4], archived from the original on 03 July 2022‎^[5]:

     In Yunzhou District of Datong City in north China's Shanxi Province, growing daylily -- a kind of edible flower and traditional Chinese medicine -- has become a pillar industry.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雲州／云州 (Yúnzhōu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can