Suchow, Soochow, Su-chow, and Soo-chow are irregular
romanization
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...
s of various
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
placenames.
They generally refer to:
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Xuzhou
Xuzhou (徐州), also known as Pengcheng (彭城) in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in the built-up area ma ...
in Jiangsu
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Suzhou
Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade ...
in Jiangsu
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Suzhou, Gansu, a former name of Jiuquan in Gansu
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Xuzhou, Sichuan, a former name of Yibin in Sichuan
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Soochow University (Suzhou)
Soochow University (), also known as Suzhou University, is a public university in Suzhou (Soochow), China. Its root can be traced to the original Soochow University (東吳大學) founded by Methodists in 1900, which was later split and merged ...
, Suzhou, China
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Soochow University (Taiwan)
Soochow University () is a private university in Taipei, Taiwan. Soochow University maintains a church and a Methodist minister in residence, though it may be considered a secular institution. Soochow University is one of the most prestigious ...
, in Taipei
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Soochow (crater) on Mars
Other uses
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Suchów in Poland
* "MV Soochow", ship with
China Navigation Company
The China Navigation Company. Pte. Ltd. is registered in Singapore, with parent entity - The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo), trading brands as Swire Shipping & Swire Bulk, is a merchant shipping company based in Singapore. It is part of ...
of Hong Kong
See also
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Suzhou (disambiguation)
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Xuzhou (disambiguation)
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