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Settlement vs Suzhou - What's the difference?

settlement | suzhou |

As a noun settlement

is the state of being settled.

As a proper noun suzhou is

a modern city in china's jiangsu province.

settlement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being settled.
  • A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
  • A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
  • (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  • (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
  • (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
  • (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
  • (legal) A resolution of a dispute.
  • Synonyms

    * (A resolution of a dispute) arrangement

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * settlement agreement

    suzhou

    English

    (wikipedia Suzhou)

    Alternative forms

    * (dated) Soochow

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A modern city in China's Jiangsu province
  • The surrounding countryside, administered by its municipal government
  • Former Chinese settlements near the modern Chinese city
  • Synonyms

    * Wu (culture, dialect ) * Wu, Gusu, Helu City (historic settlements )

    Derived terms

    * Suzhounese (demonym, dialect )