Queicheu
English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Queicheu
- (obsolete) Alternative form of Guizhou
- 1669, Nievhoff, John, John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, OCLC 561227535, page 18:
- The Fourteenth Kingdom of QUEICHEU.
THis Province of Queicheu borders Eaſt and South-eaſt upon the Province of Quangſi, North and North-weſt upon Sucheu.
- 1721, Senex, John, A New General Atlas, Containing A Geographical And Historical Account Of All The Empires, Kingdoms And Other Dominions Of The World, London, OCLC 422277841, page 215:
- XII. Queicheu lies Eaſt from Yunnan. The chief Product are Mines of Quickſilver, Copper, and Tin in their Mountains, Sweet Jeſſamin, China Root, and the Flower Quai. The Inhabitants are chiefly employ’d in making Arms, and there are eight great and ſmall Gariſon Cities, beſides many Forts and Caſtles.
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