"Yang-chou" meaning in English

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Proper name

enPR: yǎngʹchouʹ Etymology: From Mandarin 揚州/扬州 (Yángzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Yang²-chou¹. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|揚州}} Mandarin 揚州/扬州 (Yángzhōu), {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles, {{lang|zh|揚州}} 揚州 Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Yang-chou
  1. Alternative form of Yangzhou Wikipedia link: Cambridge University Press, Defense Mapping Agency, Encyclopædia Britannica Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Yangzhou
    Sense id: en-Yang-chou-en-name-11n17PwQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English quotations with omitted translation

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          "text": "As the second capital, Nanking maintained a separate smaller central government and the larger and more important Imperial Academy. Many of the officials and officers were so much attracted by the region's wealth and comfort that they chose to settle here permanently. Their descendants benefited frim family influence and often passed higher examinations under their official southern Kiangsu residential registrations. In addition, the reform in the salt administration around the turn of the fifteenth century further attracted many rich merchant groups to Yang-chou, the headquarters of the country's largest salt administration, although many of them chose to reside permanently in other southern Kiangsu cities.",
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