Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of eastern China near the East China Sea south of Shanghai. It became a treaty port in 1876.
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- noun A
prefecture -levelcity inZhejiang province,southeastern China
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Measuring at an overwhelming 2.4 metres long and weighing 340 kilograms, this fish is shown at a seafood market in Wenzhou, east China Zhejiang Province on 23 January, 2007.
2007 » January 2007
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Measuring at an overwhelming 2.4 metres long and weighing 340 kilograms, this fish is shown at a seafood market in Wenzhou, east China Zhejiang Province on 23 January, 2007.
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Around the rest of China, the name Wenzhou is indelibly linked to the ubiquitous pink and purple lit massage parlors.
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Daily calls the Wenzhou meltdown "China's subprime crisis."
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Daily calls the Wenzhou meltdown "China's subprime crisis."
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In China, skyscrapers are going up in obscure locales such as Wenzhou, Wuhan and Jiangyin, a boomtown north of Shanghai.
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In China, skyscrapers are going up in obscure locales such as Wenzhou, Wuhan and Jiangyin, a boomtown north of Shanghai.
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In China, skyscrapers are going up in obscure locales such as Wenzhou, Wuhan and Jiangyin, a boomtown north of Shanghai.
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In China, skyscrapers are going up in obscure locales such as Wenzhou, Wuhan and Jiangyin, a boomtown north of Shanghai.
SFGate: Top News Stories Joe McDonald 2010
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In China, skyscrapers are going up in obscure locales such as Wenzhou, Wuhan and Jiangyin, a boomtown north of Shanghai.
China's skyscraper boom buoys global industry - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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