# Lanzhou

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #77,849

## Definitions
1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Gansu, in northwestern China.

## Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 蘭州／兰州 (Lánzhōu).

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