"Wuchuan" meaning in English

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Proper name

enPR: wo͞oʹchwänʹ Etymology: From Mandarin 吳川/吴川 (Wúchuān). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|吳川}} Mandarin 吳川/吴川 (Wúchuān) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wuchuan
  1. A county-level city in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. Categories (place): Cities in Guangdong, Places in China, Places in Guangdong Translations (city): 吳川 (Chinese Mandarin), 吴川 (Wúchuān) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Wuchuan-en-name-9M3AzajX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 9 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 10 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 9 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Wu-ch'uan (alt: Wade–Giles)
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

enPR: wo͞oʹchwänʹ Etymology: From Mandarin 武川 (Wǔchuān). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|武川}} Mandarin 武川 (Wǔchuān) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wuchuan
  1. A county of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Inner Mongolia Translations (county): 武川 (Wǔchuān) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-Wuchuan-en-name-2dydWaC2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Wu-ch'uan (alt: Wade–Giles)
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

enPR: wo͞oʹchwänʹ Etymology: From Mandarin 婺川, later 務川/务川. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|婺川}} 婺川, {{zh-l|務川}} 務川/务川 Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Wuchuan
  1. An autonomous county of Zunyi, Guizhou, China. Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Guizhou
    Sense id: en-Wuchuan-en-name-YEJ2FNCQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Wu-ch'uan (alt: Wade–Giles)
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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