Dingzhou

See also: Dìngzhōu

English

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”)

Proper noun

Dingzhou

(geography) A county-level city in Baoding Prefecture, Hebei, China.
(historical geography) Synonym of Ding Prefecture, a prefecture of imperial China with its seat at Dingzhou.

Synonyms

(city): Lunu, Boling, Dingxian (historical); Tingsien, Tingchow (obsolete or historical)

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