# Wuxi
## English
### Alternative forms

* Wu-hsi, Wuhsi (Wade–Giles)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wuːˈʃiː/, enPR: wo͞oʹshēʹ

### Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 無錫／无锡 (Wúxī).

#### Alternative forms

* Wusih (Postal Romanization)

#### Proper noun

Wuxi
* A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China.
** 2008 January 30, Ren Riqing, quotee, “Urban Migrants Stranded in China”, in Deutsche Welle‎, archived from the original on 27 December 2023‎:Like most of the women in her village, Ren Riqing looks after children: “This is my nephew. His parents work far away in a factory in Wuxi. It’s not as strenuous as working here in the fields. I have a son and a daughter -- they’re also in Wuxi. If things go well, they come back once in two years. Travel costs money. It makes me sad, but what can I do?”
** 2015 December 16, Aaron Gregg, “MedImmune expands its footprint in China with new deal”, in The Washington Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-12-17, Capital Business‎:MedImmune, the Gaithersburg research arm of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, is making aggressive moves to expand its footprint in China. The company said Wednesday it plans to spend $50 million on another production facility in Wuxi, a city near Shanghai on China’s east coast.

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#### References

* ↑ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Wusi or Wu-hsi”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1502, column 1: “Until 1950 called Wuchan.”
* ↑ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 368: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 parentheses […] Wusih (Wu-hsi, Wuxi)

#### Further reading

* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuxi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 1
* “Wuxi”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* Wuxi, Wu-hsi, Wuhsi, Wusi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
* “Wuxi, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “Wuxi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “Wuxi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “Wuxi” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

### Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巫溪 (Wūxī).

#### Proper noun

Wuxi
* A county of Chongqing, China.
** 1987 September 7, “Landslide Toll in China Is 65”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, World, page 3‎:The landslide on Tuesday demolished a five-story apartment building and two private hotels in Wuxi County in Sichuan Province.

##### Alternative forms

* Wuki (Postal Romanization)
* Wu-ch'i (Wade–Giles)

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wuxi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3496, column 2
* Wuxi, Wu-hsi, Wuhsi, Wusi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.