Chiangchew
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Min Nan 漳州 (Chiang-chiu).
Proper noun
Chiangchew
- Dated form of Zhangzhou.
- 1822 February, “A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East-India Companys Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East, and of the Causes by which Those Endeavours Have been Frustrated”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, volume XIII, number 74, page 117:
- He then fled from Chiangchew, the city of his residence, and settled upon the isle of Amoy, where he resided, and defended it by his fleet.
- 1888 December 7, John G. Fagg, “The Amoy Mission, China”, in The Mission Field, volume II, number 3, page 25:
- About twenty mills beyond Chiangchew, we get into a valley where the foreigner is seldom seen....The next day we are off for the headquarters of this region Chiangchew.
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