Wu (region)

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Wu
“Wu” in regular script
Chinese	吳
Literal meaning	Ideogrammic compound (會意): 口 (“mouth”) + 夨 (“man with tilted head”) – to speak loudly.
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Wade–Giles wuu2 Wu Suzhounese Ńg Hakka Romanization ǹg

Wu (traditional Chinese: 吳; simplified Chinese: 吴; pinyin: Wú) refers to a region in China centered on Lake Tai in Jiangnan (the region south of the Yangtze River).^[1] The Wu region was historically part of the ancient Yang Province in southeastern China. The name "Wu" came from the names of several historical kingdoms based in that area.