Wenchow

Wenchow

English

Map including YUNG-CHIA (WENCHOW) (AMS, 1955)

Pronunciation

• enPR: wǔnʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Wenchow

1. Dated spelling of Wenzhou.
   • 1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek‎, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 17:

     Chiang was then given command of a regiment, and led three thousand men to Hangchow, Wenchow, and Taichow, all in his native province of Chekiang. His exploits sounded impressive, but the truth was that he encountered practically no opposition. As soon as a force was led against a town, imperial authority collapsed. Officials resigned or fled, and revolutionary leaders, mostly military, assumed authority. The progress was gratifying but hardly exciting.

   • 1974, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy‎, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 90:

     A year or two back, still working on Marine intelligence and having as one of his targets the assembly of a team of coast-watchers for the Chinese ports of Wenchow and Amoy, Guillam discovered to his amazement that there were actually Chinese stay-behind agents living in those very towns, recruited by Bill Haydon in the course of some forgotten wartime exploit, rigged out with cached radios and equipment, with whom contact might be made.

   • 1995, Paul R. Katz, Demon Hordes and Burning Boats‎, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, LCCN 95-15323, OCLC 1087528050, page 13:

     The cult of Marshal Wen originated in Wenchow Prefecture of the coastal sub-region of Chekiang, an area which proved highly inhospitable and difficult to cultivate. According to one Ming-dynasty local gazetteer:
     Wenchow is difficult to reach by either mountain or ocean route...
     Because the city of Wenchow was located near an ideal natural harbor, many of its natives engaged in commercial activities and sought their fortunes throughout southern China and even abroad.

   • 2010, James E. Wise, Jr., Scott Brown, Dangerous Games: Faces, Incidents, and Casualties of the Cold War‎, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2009051806, OCLC 757422512, page 191:

     U.S. Navy P4M-1Q Mercator of VQ-1 disappeared after a nighttime attack by the PRC PLAAF thirty-two miles off the coast of Wenchow, China, and 180 miles north of Formosa. There were no survivors of the sixteen crew members.

Derived terms

• Wenchowese

Further reading

• “Wenchow”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary