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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of eastern China on the Grand Canal west-northwest of Shanghai.

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  • proper noun A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, China.

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Examples

  • Mo Xiaoxin, a professor at Jiangsu Teachers University of Technology in Changzhou, China, stripped naked during a class on "body art" to "challenge taboos," according to the Beijing News.

    Boing Boing: September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 Archives 2006

  • The owner of the factory, known as Changzhou SPL-which supplies much of the active ingredient in Baxter's Heparin-claims its supply chain is safe, it buys raw material from only two reputable wholesalers, and audits their 10 to 12 suppliers.

    NewsInferno 2009

  • The owner of the factory, known as Changzhou SPL-which supplies much of the active ingredient in Baxter's Heparin-claims its supply chain is safe, it buys raw material from only two reputable wholesalers, and audits their 10 to 12 suppliers.

    NewsInferno 2009

  • The owner of the factory, known as Changzhou SPL-which supplies much of the active ingredient in Baxter's Heparin-claims its supply chain is safe, it buys raw material from only two reputable wholesalers, and audits their 10 to 12 suppliers.

    NewsInferno 2009

  • The owner of the factory, known as Changzhou SPL-which supplies much of the active ingredient in Baxter's Heparin-claims its supply chain is safe, it buys raw material from only two reputable wholesalers, and audits their 10 to 12 suppliers.

    NewsInferno 2009

  • The judges, identified as Changzhou District Presiding Judge Liao Kedong and Judge Wu

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Also arriving were tenants like the trade-development office of Changzhou, a Chinese city that uses Pudong "like a bridge" to engage foreign investors, says its director Thomas Zhang .

    Shanghai's Pudong, Once Soulless, Rises Up James T. Areddy 2011

  • The sites are located in Nanjing, Changzhou, Wuxi, and Zhengzhou.

    China Resources Land Net Profit Rises 4% Polly Hui 2011

  • Agence France-Presse Haier washing machines on display at a home appliance store in Changzhou city Average housing prices in 100 major cities in China fell 0.25% in December compared with November, according to data released on Wednesday by data provider China Real Estate Index System, as the central government continues its campaign to keep housing affordable.

    China's Property Malaise Ripples Wider Laurie Burkitt 2012

  • More significant, Nissan and Dongfeng plan to build a new assembly plant in Changzhou in eastern China's Jiangsu province to produce 240,000 micro minivans a year by 2015.

    Nissan Sets China Expansion Plan Norihiko Shirouzu 2011

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