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Definitions

  1. 1. continent
  2. 2. island in a river

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 848534)

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Words Containing 洲

蜈支洲岛
wú zhī zhōu dǎo

Wuzhizhou Island, Hainan

欧洲电视
ōu zhōu diàn shì

European TV

亚洲漠地林莺
yà zhōu mò dì lín yīng

(bird species of China) Asian desert warbler (Sylvia nana)

洲际
zhōu jì

intercontinental

亚细亚洲
yà xì yà zhōu

Asia

昂船洲
áng chuán zhōu

Stonecutters Island

欧洲法院
ōu zhōu fǎ yuàn

European Court of Justice

欧洲人
ōu zhōu rén

European (person)

婆罗洲
pó luó zhōu

Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)

中美洲
zhōng měi zhōu

Central America

亚洲足球联合会
yà zhōu zú qiú lián hé huì

Asian Football Confederation

美洲小鸵
měi zhōu xiǎo tuó

Lesser Rhea

瀛洲
yíng zhōu

Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality

满洲里
mǎn zhōu lǐ

Manzhouli, county-level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

欧洲理事会
ōu zhōu lǐ shì huì

European Council

欧洲山杨
ōu zhōu shān yáng

European poplar (Populus tremula)

三角洲
sān jiǎo zhōu

delta (geography)

非洲联盟
fēi zhōu lián méng

African Union

绿洲
lǜ zhōu

oasis

五洲
wǔ zhōu

five continents

澳洲鳗鲡
ào zhōu mán lí

short-finned eel (Anguilla australis)

芦洲市
lú zhōu shì

Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

澳洲坚果
ào zhōu jiān guǒ

macadamia nut

欧洲语言
ōu zhōu yǔ yán

European language

星洲日报
xīng zhōu rì bào

Sin Chew Daily, Malaysian newspaper

美洲国家组织
měi zhōu guó jiā zǔ zhī

Organization of American States

欧洲刑警组织
ōu zhōu xíng jǐng zǔ zhī

Europol (European Police Office)

满洲里市
mǎn zhōu lǐ shì

Manzhouli, county-level city, Mongolian Manzhuur xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

澳洲
ào zhōu

Australia

欧洲
oū zhōu

Europe

非洲开发银行
fēi zhōu kāi fā yín háng

African Development Bank

美洲大陆
měi zhōu dà lù

the Americas

自由亚洲电台
zì yóu yà zhōu diàn tái

Radio Free Asia

葛洲坝
gé zhōu bà

name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan

芦洲
lú zhōu

Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

一个幽灵在欧洲游荡
yī gè yōu líng zài ōu zhōu yóu dàng

Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa.

非洲大裂谷
fēi zhōu dà liè gǔ

Great East African rift valley

汀洲
tīng zhōu

shoal

欧洲原子能联营
ōu zhōu yuán zǐ néng lián yíng

Euratom

拉丁美洲
lā dīng měi zhōu

Latin America

亚洲与太平洋地区
yà zhōu yǔ tài píng yáng dì qū

Asia-Pacific region

欧洲大陆
ōu zhōu dà lù

continent of Europe

亚洲周刊
yà zhōu zhōu kān

Asiaweek (current affairs magazine)

洲府
zhōu fǔ

state government

美洲豹
měi zhōu bào

jaguar (Panthera onca)

博鳌亚洲论坛
bó áo yà zhōu lùn tán

Bo'ao Forum for Asia (since 2001)

南赡部洲
nán shàn bù zhōu

Jambudvipa

亚洲绶带
yà zhōu shòu dài

(bird species of China) Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), also called 壽帶|寿带[shòu dài]

株洲县
zhū zhōu xiàn

Zhuzhou county in Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan

欧洲防风
ōu zhōu fáng fēng

parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

沙洲
shā zhōu

sandbank

非洲人国民大会
fēi zhōu rén guó mín dà huì

African National Congress, ANC

欧洲歌唱大赛
ōu zhōu gē chàng dà sài

Eurovision Song Contest

亚洲杯
yà zhōu bēi

Asian Cup

东洲区
dōng zhōu qū

Dongzhou district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning

非洲统一组织
fēi zhōu tǒng yī zǔ zhī

Organization of African Unity

欧洲自由贸易联盟
ōu zhōu zì yóu mào yì lián méng

European Free Trade Association

美洲绿翅鸭
měi zhōu lǜ chì yā

(bird species of China) green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)

洲际弹道导弹
zhōu jì dàn dào dǎo dàn

intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM

欧洲之星
ōu zhōu zhī xīng

Eurostar (train line)

南美洲
nán měi zhōu

South America

非洲之角
fēi zhōu zhī jiǎo

Horn of Africa

澳洲广播电台
ào zhōu guǎng bō diàn tái

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Australian state-run broadcaster

欧罗巴洲
ōu luó bā zhōu

Europe

美洲
měi zhōu

America (including North, Central and South America)

亚美利加洲
yà měi lì jiā zhōu

America

非洲人
fēi zhōu rén

African (person)

琶洲
pá zhōu

Pazhou district in Guangzhou, Guangdong

新洲区
xīn zhōu qū

Xinzhou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

非洲界
fēi zhōu jiè

Afrotropical realm

满洲
mǎn zhōu

Manchuria

非洲锥虫病
fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng

sleeping sickness

长江三角洲
cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu

Yangtze River Delta

落马洲
luò mǎ zhōu

Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)

欧洲杯
ōu zhōu bēi

European Cup (e.g. soccer)

株洲市
zhū zhōu shì

Zhuzhou, prefecture-level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan

大洋洲
dà yáng zhōu

Oceania

欧洲安全和合作组织
ōu zhōu ān quán hé hé zuò zǔ zhī

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

株洲
zhū zhōu

Zhuzhou, prefecture-level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan

新洲
xīn zhōu

Xinzhou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

满洲国
mǎn zhōu guó

Manchukuo

秀洲
xiù zhōu

Xiuzhou district of Jiaxing city 嘉興市|嘉兴市[jiā xīng shì], Zhejiang

珠江三角洲
zhū jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu

Pearl River Delta (PRD)

长江三角洲经济区
cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu jīng jì qū

Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu)

夷洲
yí zhōu

name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan

北美洲
běi měi zhōu

North America

子洲县
zǐ zhōu xiàn

Zishou County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

抚远三角洲
fǔ yuǎn sān jiǎo zhōu

Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk

子洲
zǐ zhōu

Zishou County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

南极洲
nán jí zhōu

Antarctica

外满洲
wài mǎn zhōu

Outer Manchuria

长洲区
cháng zhōu qū

Changzhou district of Wuzhou city 梧州市[wú zhōu shì], Guangxi

澳大利亚洲
ào dà lì yà zhōu

Australia

伊洛瓦底三角洲
yī luò wǎ dǐ sān jiǎo zhōu

Irrawaddy Delta in south Myanmar (Burma)

香洲区
xiāng zhōu qū

Xiangzhou District of Zhuhai City 珠海市[zhū hǎi shì], Guangdong

美洲狮
měi zhōu shī

cougar

五大洲
wǔ dà zhōu

five continents

亚洲开发银行
yà zhōu kāi fā yín háng

Asian Development Bank

欧洲中央银行
ōu zhōu zhōng yāng yín háng

European Central Bank

欧洲核子研究中心
ōu zhōu hé zǐ yán jiū zhōng xīn

European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva

撒哈拉以南非洲
sā hā lā yǐ nán fēi zhōu

sub-Saharan Africa

欧洲航天局
ōu zhōu háng tiān jú

European Space Agency (ESA)

美洲鸵
měi zhōu tuó

Greater Rhea

亚洲短趾百灵
yà zhōu duǎn zhǐ bǎi líng

(bird species of China) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)

澳洲野犬
ào zhōu yě quǎn

dingo (Canis dingo)

欧洲议会
ōu zhōu yì huì

European Parliament

欧洲安全与合作组织
ōu zhōu ān quán yǔ hé zuò zǔ zhī

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

亚洲太平洋地区
yà zhōu tài píng yáng dì qū

Asia-Pacific region

香洲
xiāng zhōu

Xiangzhou District of Zhuhai City 珠海市[zhū hǎi shì], Guangdong

欧洲联盟
ōu zhōu lián méng

European Union (EU)

东洲
dōng zhōu

Dongzhou district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning

大洲
dà zhōu

continent

澳洲小鹦鹉
ào zhōu xiǎo yīng wǔ

lorikeet

洲际导弹
zhōu jì dǎo dàn

intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM

南极洲半岛
nán jí zhōu bàn dǎo

the Antarctic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America)

非洲单源说
fēi zhōu dān yuán shuō

single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)

非洲
fēi zhōu

Africa

跨洲
kuà zhōu

intercontinental

湄洲岛
méi zhōu dǎo

Meizhou Island (Putian)

欧洲货币
ōu zhōu huò bì

Euro

秀洲区
xiù zhōu qū

Xiuzhou district of Jiaxing city 嘉興市|嘉兴市[jiā xīng shì], Zhejiang

亚洲
yà zhōu

Asia

冰洲石
bīng zhōu shí

Iceland spar

湄公河三角洲
méi gōng hé sān jiǎo zhōu

Mekong River Delta

亚洲与太平洋
yà zhōu yǔ tài píng yáng

Asia-Pacific

美洲虎
měi zhōu hǔ

jaguar

欧洲核子中心
ōu zhōu hé zǐ zhōng xīn

European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva