# Laizhou

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A city in Yantai Prefecture in Shandong, China.

## Etymology
An atonal variant of the pinyin romanization Láizhōu, from the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 萊州 /莱州 (Láizhōu, “Goosefoot Prefecture”) from its status as the seat of that former prefecture's government.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/laizhou