Zhou

Zhounoun/d͡ʒəʊ/

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  A people of ancient China.

Zhouname/d͡ʒəʊ/

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  Various regions of ancient China occupied by this people, including the Fen and Wei valleys

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  A dynasty of rulers over this people, who conquered the Shang kingdom and nominally ruled China until their conquest by Qin in the 3rd century BC

  • The history of the water sport, which began to gain international fame in the 1970s, dates back to 278 BC, when Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and official, committed suicide on the Miluo River in Hunan Province in protest of the court’s alliances and betrayals during the Zhou dynasty.
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  The realm of this dynasty, surrounding the Yellow River

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  The era of Chinese history during which this dynasty ruled

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  The valley of the Luo and Yi Rivers during the Eastern Zhou dynasty

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  The short-lived dynasty declared by Wu Zetian during the Tang

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  A surname. of Chinese origin.

zhounoun/d͡ʒoʊ/

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  Synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge.

  • We did, however, send them to a Chinese nursery school that fed them a daily lunch of zhou, a rice porridge with various seasonings: pickled turnips, flakes of dough sticks, green or red beans, sesame paste, or something called hot prickly mustard tubers.