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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 福安 (Fú'ān), probably via the local pronunciation in the Fu'an dialect of Eastern Min.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foˈɡan/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Fo‧gán
Proper noun
Fogán ?
- (historical) Fu'an (a county-level city in Ningde, Fujian, China)
- Synonym: (modern) Fu'an
1750, La Christiandad de Fogan, en la provincia de Fokien, en el imperio de China, cruelmente perseguida del impio Cheu-Hio-kien Virrey de dicha Provincia., page 3:De la cruel persecusion, que parece nuestra Christiandad de Fogán, desde el año de 1746.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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