Wu
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A historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence: The family of Chinese languages spoken in that region, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese, the second-most spoken family after Mandarin.
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historischSuzhou, a city in southern Jiangsu province in China, whence: A county of imperial and Republican China around Suzhou.
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historischSuzhou, a city in southern Jiangsu province in China, whence: A commandery of imperial China around Suzhou.
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A historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence: The family of Chinese languages spoken in that region, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese, the second-most spoken family after Mandarin.
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historischA historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence: The kingdom ruled by the Ji family from Wuxi and then Suzhou during the Spring and Autumn period of China's Zhou dynasty.
The finest private gardens were built in Suzhou, a graceful old city with a network of canals and a cultured ambiance. It was founded in the sixth century B.C. as the capital of the kingdom of Wu and flourished as a center of trade and scholarship under successive dynasties.
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A historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence: A common surname from Chinese
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historischA historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence: The kingdom ruled by the Sun family from Ezhou and Nanjing during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
I deeply regretted having to miss seeing Hsing-ping, a very old town built by the ruler of the Wu Kingdom in the Three Kingdoms period of the third century.
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historischA historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence: The kingdom ruled by Li Zitong from Yangzhou and Hangzhou during the interregnum following China's Sui dynasty.
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historischA historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence: The kingdom ruled by the Yang family from Yangzhou during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.
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historischA historic and cultural region of China around the mouth of the Yangtze River, whence: The kingdom ruled by the Qian family from Hangzhou and Shaoxing during the Ten Kingdoms interregnum following China's Tang dynasty.
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Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 吳 /吴 (Wú). Doublet of O.
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A surname from Chinese.
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historischAn epithet of numerous kings and emperors in Chinese history who were honored with variants of the posthumous name Wuwang or Wudi.
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Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 武 (Wǔ, “war, warrior, warlike”).
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A river in Guizhou, China, a tributary of the Yangtze.
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A surname from Chinese.
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Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 烏 /乌 (Wū or Wù, “crow, raven, black”).
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A river in Hunan, China, a tributary of the Yuan.
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A surname from Chinese.
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Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 巫 (Wū or Wú, “shaman, sorceror, witch”).
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A river in Hunan, China, a tributary of the Yuan.
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Romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 㵲 (Wǔ).
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A surname from Chinese.
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The romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of various other Chinese surnames: 伍 (Wǔ), 仵 (Wǔ), 鄔／邬 (Wū).
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A surname from Chinese.
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From Cantonese 胡 (wu⁴). Doublet of Hu.
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