Jishou

jíshǒu English Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1972 Shabad Theodore Index China's Changing Map https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/ New York Frederick A. Praeger 71-178868 482667885 345, 355 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/355/ Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles:(1) the Post Office system,(2) the Wade-Giles system,shown after the main entry(3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parenthesesKishow (Chi-shou, Jishou) romanization of the en cmn 吉首. Pronunciation jē′shō′ en Ji shou Proper noun en county-level city autonomous prefecture/Xiangxi p/Hunan c/China. en July 10, 1988 Edward A. Gargan Where Two Worlds Meet in China w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110220235358/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/10/travel/where-two-worlds-meet-in-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/10/travel/where-two-worlds-meet-in-china.html February 20, 2011 0362-4331 1645522 Section 19 5 A rigorous 15-hour train ride from Hunan's capital city, Changsha, to the prefectural seat of Jishou, a shabby rural town of muddy streets and few cars, followed by a 90-minute drive on a snakelike strip of macadam through mountains, brings a voyager to Fenghuang. Translations county-level city Chinese: Cantonese: yue 吉首 Mandarin: cmn 吉首 Japanese: ja Korean: ko References Further reading en 1998 Jishou Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1452 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1452/ 2