Bazhong

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴中 (Bāzhōng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑːˈd͡ʒʊŋ/, /bɑːˈd͡ʒɒŋ/, enPR: bäʹjo͝ongʹ[1]
  • Rhymes: -ʊŋ

Proper noun

Bazhong

  1. A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China, formerly a prefecture.
    • 2018 December 12, “China reports new African swine fever outbreaks in Sichuan, Qinghai provinces”, in Reuters‎[2], archived from the original on 12 December 2018, Health News‎[3]:
      China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday two new African swine fever outbreaks were confirmed in Sichuan and Qinghai provinces.
      The new case in the city of Bazhong in Sichuan killed 19 of 117 pigs present on a farm, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement on its website.
  2. (historical) A county-level city of Bazhong, Sichuan, China, formerly a county in Daxian Prefecture.
    Synonym: (contemporary) Bazhou

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References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Pachung”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1408, column 3

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