Definition of "Dazhou"

Dazhou

/(ˈ)dɑ(ˈ)d͡ʒoʊ/

proper noun
1. A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
  Quotations
  In the direction of Shaanxi, a high-grade road will be built between Sichuan's Dazhou City and Wanyuan City (close to Shaanxi).
  2001, 邓天梅 [Deng Tianmei], 四川 [Sìchuān, Sichuan] (中国西部开发丛书 [Introduction to West China Series])‎, Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), page 132
  Dazhou, Sichuan, has for years been showing the stress of popular anger against its mining industries, prostitu- tion rings, drug problems and a poorly managed outbreak of avian flu.
  2010, Pamela Kyle Crossley, The Wobbling Pivot, China Since 1800: An Interpretive History‎, Wiley-Blackwell, page 4
  A passenger bus collided with a truck and plunged into a riverbed in southwest China, killing 16 people including 11 students, authorities said.The accident happened on Sunday afternoon in a village in Dazhou city in Sichuan province.
  2013 September 15, “China road accident kills 16 including 11 students”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 09 June 2022