沙州

Chinese

 
granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
 
province; prefecture; state; county
simp. and trad.
(沙州)		 沙 州

Etymology 1

A provincial name derived from its position within the Gobi Desert.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

沙州

  1. (～鎮) Shazhou (a town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
  2. Shazhou, a former province of Imperial China
  3. Shazhou, a former name of Dunhuang, an oasis town in Gansu, China, during the time when it served as Shazhou's provincial capital
Synonyms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 沙州 – see 沙洲 (“sandbank; sandbar; shoal”).
(This term, 沙州, is a variant form of 沙洲.)
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