凉州【英】

Liangzhou

定义

州名。在敦煌东南一千七百余里。汉代置州，辖武威、张掖、酒泉、敦煌、金城五郡，治武威（今属甘肃），辖境在今甘肃黄河以西地区。

Liangzhou: over 1700 li (1095 km) southeast of Dunhuang, Liangzhou was established in the Han Dynasty as a district governing five prefectures, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, and Jincheng, and also the current area of Wuwei (in present-day Gansu Province). Its jurisdiction mainly covered the current region west of the Yellow River in Gansu Province.