"Pu" meaning in English

See Pu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /pu/
Etymology: From Mandarin 蒲 (Pú). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|蒲|tr=Pú}} 蒲 (Pú) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pu
  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China. Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Shanxi Translations (county): (Pú) (alt: Pu2, Pú, ㄆㄨˊ) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Pu-en-name-7skiK7xg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 8 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 14 38 Disambiguation of 'county': 99 1
  2. A surname from Chinese.
    Sense id: en-Pu-en-name-4TuPt0~5 Categories (other): English surnames
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          "ref": "1980 December 3 [1980 November 29], “Verdict in frameup case of 'armed rebellion' in Pu County, Shanxi reversed under the direction of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission--the frameup case was pure fabrication concocted with the support of the former principal responsible person of the Shanxi provincial party committee”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 234, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing RENMIN RIBAO, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page R 6:",
          "text": "He also announced: the former Pu County CCP Committee must be affirmed as a party organization. The decision to reorganize the Pu County CCP Committee was wrong. There was no one and no incidents in Pu County which were related to the conspiratorial activities of the \"gang of four\" to usurp party power and there was no bourgeois faction connected with the \"gang of four.\"",
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          "ref": "2003 January 3, Xiaoli Hu, “New Life in Old Art”, in Beijing Today, number 95, →OCLC, Face, page 9, column 3:",
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